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highflying - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'highflying' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Highflying [ a.]
- Extravagant in opinions or ambition.

Meaning of 'highflying' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . highflying [ s]
Meaning (1):
- moving upward or along at a considerable height
Example in sentence:
  • some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it
Meaning (2):
- extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions
Example in sentence:
  • they did not understand what had happend at the once highflying company

Nearby Words:

hig-taper higgle higgled higgledy-piggledy higgler higgling high high priest high-blown high-bred

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