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What is the adjective for fly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs fly, flier, flight and flyer which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

fly
flying
  1. That can fly.
  2. Brief or hurried.
  3. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Aeschylus, the Greek poet and dramatist, was killed in the desert when a flying eagle dropped a turtle on his head.”
      “Before starting upon this perilous mission, Washington decided to pay a flying visit to his mother.”
      “The engine broke away from the rest of the train and proceeded at a flying pace for three or four hundred yards along the line.”
flighty
  1. (obsolete) swift
  2. Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
  3. (bird) That flies easily, or a lot.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Still, even by motorboat, the trip across the bay was not completely predictable given the flighty weather.”
      “That's an incredibly tricky combination for most adults to get right, leave alone flighty teens who love to spend, spend, and spend!”
      “The lively and flighty temperament will hinder the virtuous man in the exercise of patience.”
flighted
  1. (of birds) Capable of flight.
  2. Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).
  3. Examples:
    1. “I bowled round the wicket, wide of the crease, flighted the ball more and bowled bouncers as well.”
      “With the pitch offering him little assistance, he flighted the ball generously.”
      “Then Connolly connected with Lockwood's well flighted free-kick to send in a volley which Dobson did well to gather.”
flyless
  1. Without flies (the insect).
  2. Without a fly (strip of material hiding a fastener).
  3. Examples:
    1. “I remember a few times, standing in awe after a savage take, cursing while I retrieved a flyless leader.”
flightless
  1. Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A giant flightless bird like the dodo is on the extreme end of avian evolution.”
      “I see a weka, the most common of the flightless ones, out by day whereas kiwis walk by night.”
      “Yet the bizarre Mononykus had tiny forelimbs with a single digit and was obviously flightless.”
flyproof
  1. Resistant to flies (the insect).
flight
  1. (obsolete) Fast, swift.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Boeing took off on schedule, following the flight path that had been filed.”
flyable
  1. Able to be flown.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The airplane underwent a thorough inspection to ensure it was flyable before taking off.”
      “There is nothing much worse than a bunch of hang glider pilots sitting around on a flyable day questioning the meaning of their lives.”
      “If an aircrew makes errors in evaluating an engine failure, they can lose a perfectly flyable aircraft.”
flightworthy
  1. (aviation) Safe enough to fly
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Gradually the other ten were made flightworthy, although the last one assembled was quite a collection of mismatched parts.”
      “Most of the components would be assembled before shipment to the launch site in flightworthy condition.”
      “Just seven of the German navy's fleet of 43 helicopters are currently flightworthy.”
flightier
flightiest
flyest
  1. superlative form of fly: most fly
fliest
flown
fliered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of flier
fliering
  1. present participle of flier
flighting
flyered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of flyer
flyering
  1. present participle of flyer
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