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FLYAWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flyaway mean?
• FLYAWAY (adjective)
The adjective FLYAWAY has 2 senses:
1. guided by whim and fancy
2. (of hair or clothing) worn loose
Familiarity information: FLYAWAY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Guided by whim and fancy
Synonyms:
flighty; flyaway; head-in-the-clouds; scatterbrained
Context example:
flighty young girls
Similar:
frivolous (not serious in content or attitude or behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of hair or clothing) worn loose
Context example:
a flyaway coat
Similar:
loose (not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting)
Context examples
Round shoulders had Jo, big hands and feet, a flyaway look to her clothes, and the uncomfortable appearance of a girl who was rapidly shooting up into a woman and didn't like it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I beg your pardon, it was so small, I naturally mistook it for one of the flyaway things you sometimes wear.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A tall, broad-shouldered young fellow, with a cropped head, a felt basin of a hat, and a flyaway coat, came tramping down the road at a great pace, walked over the low fence without stopping to open the gate, straight up to Mrs. March, with both hands out and a hearty...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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