Flying and Plodding

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Flying adjective - Moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed.

Usage example: that car was flying as it careened down the streets

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Plodding is an antonym for flying.

Nearby Words: fly, flyer, flyover

Plodding adjective - (of movement) slow and laborious.

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Flying is an antonym for plodding.

Nearby Words: plod, plodded, plodder

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