on the fly

Adverb

Meaning

on the run or in a hurry

while in motion

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

on-the-fly

Synonyms

on the spot automatically rushed improvisation impromptu instinctively involuntarily impulsively offhand spontaneously extempore ad lib unrehearsed unthinkingly unconsciously
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Antonyms

heavily slow gradually slowly carefully deliberately
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Related terms

fly by the seat of one's pants

Examples

Last night at the bar someone asked me to say something 'hot and sexy'. All I could think of on the fly was 'Hayden Christensen'. Ben Croshaw

I studied to be an architect. And I find tremendous similarities between building a company and the design process. Businesses have to do their planning on the fly in a fashion similar to an architect sketching. John Katzman

All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock. Cy Young

When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read. Vince Flynn

she wrote those letters on the fly Source: Internet

he caught the punt on the fly Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

on the flip side on the flipside on the floor on the fritz on the front burner on the front foot