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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Flying; moving freely through the air; blown by the wind. not-comparable

   "I tell you, Mister, such a family / With a sick husband, keep my hands afly;"

Example

More examples

"I tell you, Mister, such a family / With a sick husband, keep my hands afly;"

Etymology

From a- + fly.

Related phrases

my skull's afly

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