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Word entry · 3 letters

fly

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"Insect with wings"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈflaɪ̯/Part of speech adjective, noun, verbSorted flyStarts with FEnds with Y12 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

Word origin

From Middle English flye, flie, from Old English flȳġe, flēoge (“a fly”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleugā, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ (“a fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”).

Used in a sentence

  • I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch.
  • a trifling fly, none of your great familiars
  • The fly that plays too near the flame burns in it.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Insect with wings3 letters
02Move like a bird3 letters
03Move through the air3 letters
04Soar through the air3 letters
05Take to the air3 letters
06Travel airborne3 letters
07Travel by plane3 letters
08Travel through air3 letters

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