Fly-by-night
Fly-by-night adjective - (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous.
Short and fly-by-night are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective phrase "Fly-by-night".
Short
Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
Fly-by-night and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fly-by-night" instead an adjective "Short".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- brief and fly-by-night
- brief and short
- quick and fly-by-night
- quick and short
- fragile and fly-by-night
- fragile and short
- ephemeral and fly-by-night
- ephemeral and short
- passing and fly-by-night
- passing and short
- momentary and fly-by-night
- momentary and short
- fleeting and fly-by-night
- fleeting and short
Both words in one sentence
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In the short story The Fly-By-Night, a father attempts this on his daughter Celia, as he fears she's fallen under the titular creature's spell and wouldn't let him dispose of it if she was awake.
Source: Slipping a Mickey
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