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Princeton's WordNet

  1. highflying(a)adjective

    moving upward or along at a considerable height

    "some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it"

  2. 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

  1. Highflyingadjective

    Flying at a high altitude; -- of airplanes.

  2. 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.

Wiktionary

  1. highflyingadjective

    Characteristic of a highflier

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Highflyingadjective

    extravagant in opinions or ambition

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of highflying in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of highflying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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