What is a synonym for "on-the-fly"?

Common synonyms include: in flight, ;, hurridly, on the hoof, on the spot, on the wing.

On-the-fly

adj

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Adjective

1
Performed on the fly. not-comparable
"an on-the-fly decompression algorithm"

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in flight ;hurridly on the hoof on the spot on the wing

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"You may not be able to find sentences that have been added recently because they have not been indexed yet. Indexation of sentences is not (yet) executed on-the-fly, only every week."

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