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- adjective
superlative form offly : mostfly .
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Examples
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Why fliest thou so fast from thy friend, and stickest so close to thine enemy?
The Holy War 2001
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But not with impunity, unless indeed thou fliest on wings.
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides
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From whom fliest thou? the last speech of thee fate ordains me is this. '
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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From whom fliest thou? or who withholds thee from our embrace? '
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Then indeed Turnus, when he believed Aeneas turned and fled from him, and his spirit madly drank in the illusive hope: 'Whither fliest thou, Aeneas? forsake not thy plighted bridal chamber.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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O slayer of foes, when thou that art the leader of thy host, fliest away thus, who else will stay in battle?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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If thou fliest away from battle, then mayst thou have safety. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The further that thou fliest now, so far am I behind;
The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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If thou fliest beyond the limits of the three worlds, if thou sinkest into the depths of the earth, thou shalt, even at these places, behold Arjuna's car tomorrow morning.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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"Who art thou," said Kifri, with the voice of thunder, "that fliest like the roebuck, and tremblest like the heart-stricken antelope?"
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