Flyworthy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of flight; airworthy

    "[…] formations were so decimated that, apart from the special air units stationed at Stalino and Makeyevka, the Germans stopped referring to their aircraft as part of a group or squadron, and classified them only as flyworthy or unflyworthy."

Example

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"[…] formations were so decimated that, apart from the special air units stationed at Stalino and Makeyevka, the Germans stopped referring to their aircraft as part of a group or squadron, and classified them only as flyworthy or unflyworthy."

Etymology

From fly + -worthy.

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