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Definition of On the fly
1. Adverb. On the run or in a hurry. "She wrote those letters on the fly"
Definition of On the fly
1. Adverb. (baseball of the ball) Without a bounce. ¹
2. Adverb. (idiomatic) Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of On The Fly
Literary usage of On the fly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"At the beginning of the experiment, when the insect was in the section of the
cylinder the farthest to the left, the right light only was turned on. The fly ..."
2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"This procedure however, is not necessary if there are marks on the fly wheel to
Indicate Just when pistons are on dead center. To determine the end of the ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"I had opportunities, however, of noting the more salient points in the topography
of the regions visited, and whilst on the Fly Kiver, up which I made three ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1854)
"One eye on the wine, and the other on the fly, the Doctor presently let go the
decanter, and walked over to sec what it was that made a sudden motion hi tho ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"This was the stage manager, who had also come up on the fly-gallery. The other
girls were above Jane, and they now moved down, passed by her, ..."
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