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fast-flying

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adj.1.moving or functioning quickly and energetically; as, a fast-flying messenger.
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Adj.1.fast-flying - moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
flying
moving - in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine"


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THE next morning the youth discovered that his tall comrade had been the fast-flying messen- ger of a mistake.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
The blast went by, and the moon contended with the fast-flying clouds, and the wild disorder reigning up there made the pitiful little tumults in the streets of no account.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
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