Flying
Flying adjective - Acting or done with excessive or careless speed.
Usage example: a flying attempt at finishing the work
Precipitous and flying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Precipitous" instead an adjective "Flying".
Precipitous
Precipitous adjective - Acting or done with excessive or careless speed.
Usage example: soon regretted our precipitous actions in international affairs
Flying and precipitous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flying" instead an adjective "Precipitous".
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Author Appeal: Loads of flying scenes, fantastical aircraft, and precipitous heights.
Source: Anime / Castle in the Sky -
Author Appeal: A determined heroine, a flood, young love, flying sequences, precipitous heights, gorging on food, and pigs.
Source: Anime / Spirited Away -
All of his films have at least one scene depicting characters at great heights or on the edges of precipitous drops: most of his films also feature at least one of Those Magnificent Flying Machines.
Source: Creator Thumbprint
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