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flyaway

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fly·a·way  (fl-w)
adj.
1. Made or worn loose or draped, as to allow or suggest fluttering in the wind: a flyaway coat; long, flyaway hair.
2.
a. Prepared for immediate flight: a plane in flyaway condition.
b. Designed for air travel: flyaway bags.
3. Given to frivolity; flighty.
n. Sports
An aerial gymnastic move performed on the parallel bars, rings, or other apparatus, especially a flying dismount with a somersault.

flyaway
Adjective
1. (of hair) very fine and soft
2. frivolous or light-hearted: a flyaway remark
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Adj.1.flyaway - guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls"
frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
2.flyaway - (of hair or clothing) worn loose; "her flyaway hair"; "a flyaway coat"
loose - not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"


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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.
 
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