Flying and Late

Flying

Flying adjective - Moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed.
Usage example: that car was flying as it careened down the streets

Late is an antonym for flying.

Nearby Words: fly, flyer, flyover

Late

Late adjective - Not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.

Flying is an antonym for late.

Nearby Words: lately, lateness

Both words in one sentence

  • In a Wizards of Waverly Place Season 1 episode, Justin goes to wake up Alex for a late night flying lesson, only to get punched in the gut.
  • Western Animation / Transformers Rescue Bots Late to the Punchline: In "Flobsters on Parade", Blades doesn't get the joke behind Cody calling the flying lobsters "flobsters" until the very end of the episode.
  • The events of BioShock Infinite - a flying city, cybernetics, alternate universes - may be fanciful, but the game absolutely nails the attitudes and prejudices of late 19th/early 20th century America, from the religion to work to money.
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