high-flying en · ADJ
Etymology
From high + flying.
Meanings
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Characteristic of a highflier; extravagant in conduct or opinion.
As a bright young engineering graduate in the early 2000s she worked for a year as a "high-flying" analyst at Merrill Lynch, before she quit in disgust to write a novel based on the experience.
2013 June 23, Katy Guest, “Polly Courtney interview: The voice of the recession generation”, in The Independent:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| highflying | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more high-flying | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most high-flying | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
fi korkealentoinen (extravagant in conduct or opinion) · pl ambitny (extravagant in conduct or opinion) · pl zawrotny (extravagant in conduct or opinion)