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Princeton's WordNet
highflying(a)adjective
moving upward or along at a considerable height
"some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it"
highflying(a)adjective
extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions
"they did not understand what had happend at the once highflying company"
GCIDE
Highflyingadjective
Flying at a high altitude; -- of airplanes.
Highflyingadjective
Having an excessively high cost or perceived value; temporarily very successful; -- of objects with respect to a market and people in their occupations; as, highflying internet stocks; highflying executives moving between companies.
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highflyingadjective
Characteristic of a highflier
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highflying
Highflying generally refers to being extremely ambitious, successful, or performing at a high level, particularly in one's professional life. It can also refer to being grandiose or extravagant. Alternatively, in the context of the stock market or finance, it describes an entity or investment that is rising rapidly in value or extremely valued.
Webster Dictionary
Highflyingadjective
extravagant in opinions or ambition
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of highflying in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of highflying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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