flyingly

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adverb

So as to fly; with light rapid movement.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adverbflyingly (comparative more flyingly, superlative most flyingly)

comparative more flyingly · superlative most flyingly

  1. So as to fly; with light rapid movement.

    Her feet moved flyingly without sound; her face, artistically tinted for stage-effect, was beautiful […]

    1971, Marie Corelli, The Murder of Delicia, page 153

Origin

From flying + -ly.

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APA

flyingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyingly

MLA

“flyingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flyingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyingly.

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