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high·fly·ing

(hī′flī′ĭng)

adj.

1. Rising to a great height.

2. Unusually extravagant, affected, or ambitious.

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high′fly′ing

or high′-fly′ing,

adj.

1. extravagant or extreme in aims, opinions, etc.; unduly lofty: highflying ambitions.

2. having a high cost or perceived value: highflying glamour stocks.

[1575–85]

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Adj.	1.	highflying - moving upward or along at a considerable height; "some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it" ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
	2.	highflying - extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions; "they did not understand what had happend at the once highflying company" unrestrained - not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter"

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