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What is the adjective for flighted?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs fly, flier, flight and flyer which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

fly
  1. (slang, dated) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
  2. (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance.
  3. (slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. astute, sharp, shrewd, acute, canny, clever, knowing, streetwise, wily, downy, savvy, smart, pawky, suss, nimble-witted, quick-witted, sharp-witted, worldly-wise, no fool, having been around, not born yesterday, on the ball, not missing a trick, quick on the uptake, knowing how many beans make five, nobody's fool, with all one's wits about one, intelligent, perceptive, discerning, wise, cunning, judicious, crafty, sagacious, sensible, perspicacious, artful, keen, sly, ingenious, sage, calculating, foxy, brainy, discriminating, sapient, slick, cagey, argute … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “He is just too fly to be caught by the police.”
      “And all the ladies say I'm pretty fly for a bright guy.”
flying
  1. That can fly.
  2. Brief or hurried.
  3. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. airborne, flapping, floating, hovering, winging, aerial, fluttering, gliding, soaring, winged, volitant, flitting, running, windborne, aeronautical, volant, avian, drifting, swooping, in flight, wind-borne, in the air, on the wing, midair, lofty, in-flight, above ground, airy, elevated, aloft, high, sky-high, on high, feathered, skyward, levitating, alate, overhead, suspended, hanging, up above, stratospheric, in the sky, birdlike, ethereal, defying gravity, towering, ascending, rising, spiraling … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Aeschylus, the Greek poet and dramatist, was killed in the desert when a flying eagle dropped a turtle on his head.”
      “Before starting upon this perilous mission, Washington decided to pay a flying visit to his mother.”
      “The engine broke away from the rest of the train and proceeded at a flying pace for three or four hundred yards along the line.”
flighty
  1. (obsolete) swift
  2. Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
  3. (bird) That flies easily, or a lot.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. fickle, unstable, volatile, changeable, mercurial, unsteady, wild, erratic, inconstant, capricious, inconsistent, unbalanced, variable, undependable, unreliable, wayward, temperamental, unpredictable, fluctuating, unsettled, fluid, irregular, changeful, uncertain, skittish, vacillating, mutable, whimsical, flickery, impulsive, wavering, labile, protean, varying, ever-changing, changing, blowing hot and cold, shifting, mobile, flakey, excitable, flaky, kaleidoscopic, fitful, up and down, movable, active, moody, quicksilver, bipolar … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Still, even by motorboat, the trip across the bay was not completely predictable given the flighty weather.”
      “That's an incredibly tricky combination for most adults to get right, leave alone flighty teens who love to spend, spend, and spend!”
      “The lively and flighty temperament will hinder the virtuous man in the exercise of patience.”
flighted
  1. (of birds) Capable of flight.
  2. Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).
  3. Examples:
      4. “I bowled round the wicket, wide of the crease, flighted the ball more and bowled bouncers as well.”
      “With the pitch offering him little assistance, he flighted the ball generously.”
      “Then Connolly connected with Lockwood's well flighted free-kick to send in a volley which Dobson did well to gather.”
flyless
  1. Without flies (the insect).
  2. Without a fly (strip of material hiding a fastener).
  3. Examples:
      4. “I remember a few times, standing in awe after a savage take, cursing while I retrieved a flyless leader.”
flightless
  1. Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. earthbound, nonflying, terrestrial
  3. Examples:
      4. “A giant flightless bird like the dodo is on the extreme end of avian evolution.”
      “I see a weka, the most common of the flightless ones, out by day whereas kiwis walk by night.”
      “Yet the bizarre Mononykus had tiny forelimbs with a single digit and was obviously flightless.”
flyproof
  1. Resistant to flies (the insect).
flight
  1. (obsolete) Fast, swift.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. aeronautical, aerospace, flying, aerospatial, aircraft
  3. Examples:
      4. “The Boeing took off on schedule, following the flight path that had been filed.”
flyable
  1. Able to be flown.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flightworthy, airworthy, skyworthy, flyworthy, reliable
  3. Examples:
      4. “The airplane underwent a thorough inspection to ensure it was flyable before taking off.”
      “There is nothing much worse than a bunch of hang glider pilots sitting around on a flyable day questioning the meaning of their lives.”
      “If an aircrew makes errors in evaluating an engine failure, they can lose a perfectly flyable aircraft.”
flightworthy
  1. (aviation) Safe enough to fly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. airworthy, flyable, reliable, flyworthy, skyworthy
  3. Examples:
      4. “Gradually the other ten were made flightworthy, although the last one assembled was quite a collection of mismatched parts.”
      “Most of the components would be assembled before shipment to the launch site in flightworthy condition.”
      “Just seven of the German navy's fleet of 43 helicopters are currently flightworthy.”
flightier
  1. comparative form of flighty: more flighty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fickler, unsteadier, wilder, more unstable, more volatile, more changeable, more mercurial, more erratic, more inconstant, more capricious, more inconsistent, more unbalanced, more variable, more undependable, more unreliable, more wayward, more unpredictable, flakier, more temperamental, more irregular, more mutable, more unsettled, more fluid, more uncertain, more changeful, more skittish, more vacillating, more whimsical, more impulsive, more wavering, more labile, more protean, more mobile, more excitable, more kaleidoscopic, more fitful, more movable, more active, moodier, more bipolar, more irrepressible, more uneven, more up in the air, more elastic, giddier, more fluctuant, more untrustworthy, more irresolute, more vagarious, more faithless … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “For a much cheaper alternative, Italian Prosecco is sweeter, frothier and flightier and certainly has no pretensions.”
flightiest
  1. superlative form of flighty: most flighty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ficklest, unsteadiest, wildest, most unstable, most volatile, most changeable, most mercurial, most erratic, most inconstant, most capricious, most inconsistent, most unbalanced, most variable, most undependable, most unreliable, most wayward, most unpredictable, flakiest, most temperamental, most irregular, most mutable, most unsettled, most fluid, most uncertain, most changeful, most skittish, most vacillating, most whimsical, most impulsive, most wavering, most labile, most protean, most mobile, most excitable, most kaleidoscopic, most fitful, most movable, most active, moodiest, most bipolar, most irrepressible, most uneven, most up in the air, giddiest, most elastic, most fluctuant, most untrustworthy, most irresolute, most vagarious, most faithless … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Doves are the flightiest and most fickle of game birds, particularly this time of year.”
      “The last one they had was, and his wife was the silliest, flightiest little thing I ever saw.”
flyest
  1. superlative form of fly: most fly
fliest
  1. superlative form of fly: most fly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. astutest, sharpest, shrewdest, acutest, canniest, cleverest, wiliest, downiest, savviest, smartest, pawkiest, most knowing, most streetwise, most suss, most quick-witted, most sharp-witted, most worldly-wise, coolest, spiffiest, hippest, dapperest, sassiest, smoothest, snazziest, trendiest, poshest, suavest, swishest, swankest, swankiest, swellest, sportiest, best-dressed, best-groomed, most stylish, most dashing, most debonair, most fashionable, most happening, most supercool, most chichi … more
flown
  1. past participle of fly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. glided, glid, soared, winged, flitted, fluttered, mounted, hovered, aviated, planed, wheeled, hung, hanged, sailed, streamed, circled, circumnavigated, climbed, clumb, coasted, crossed, dived, drifted, seagulled, skirted, flat-hatted, taken wing, whizzed by, taken to the air, travelled through the air, winged its way, jetted out, jetted over, remained aloft, skied out, winged in, taken a hop, airlifted, jetted, lifted, lift, sent by plane, taken by plane, transported by air, transported by plane, taken in an aircraft, gone by plane, travelled by air … more
fliered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of flier
fliering
  1. present participle of flier
flighting
  1. present participle of flight
  2. Synonyms:
      3. delivering, dealing, throwing, giving, administering, casting, launching, pitching, bowling, directing, hurling, sending, striking, aiming, discharging, landing, lobbing, tossing, flinging, firing off … more
flyered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of flyer
flyering
  1. present participle of flyer
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