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English Dictionary: highflying by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
highflying
adj
  1. moving upward or along at a considerable height; "some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it"
  2. extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions; "they did not understand what had happend at the once highflying company"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Highflying \High"fly`ing\, a.
      Extravagant in opinions or ambition. [bd]Highflying,
      arbitrary kings.[b8] --Dryden.
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