flyaway
Americanadjective
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fluttering or streaming in the wind; windblown.
flyaway hair.
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flighty; frivolous; giddy.
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ready for flight.
flyaway aircraft.
adjective
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(of hair or clothing) loose and fluttering
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frivolous or flighty; giddy
noun
Etymology
Origin of flyaway
First recorded in 1765–75; adj. use of verb phrase fly away
Example Sentences
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Worse, in the context of today’s flyaway stock market, he is a principled, value-minded, dogmatic nonconformist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
"Ever eat a pine tree?" he deadpanned, donning a Gibbons-esque flannel shirt, bushy white eyebrows and a flyaway white wig.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2023
Mr. Morricone looked professorial in bow ties and spectacles, with wisps of flyaway white hair.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2020
Photographs of flyaway trampolines circulated on social media during Storm Ciara after several caused train delays.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2020
She was a sight to behold there on the floor, scrubbing away, with her flyaway hair sticking out and dark bruise-colored circles under her eyes from all her worrying about us catching the kamikaze disease.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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