Antonyms for fly-by-night
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : flahy-bahy-nahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈflaɪ baɪˌnaɪt |
Definition of fly-by-night
Origin :- 1796, slang, said to be an old term of reproach to a woman signifying that she was a witch; extended 1823 to "anyone who departs hastily from a recent activity," especially while owing money. The two senses involve the two verbs fly.
- adj unreliable and shady
- She certainly has acted like a fly-by-night up to this time.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- He'll be out with a fly-by-night troupe afore the next month.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- Shown up in our newspapers as a ditch-digger—a fly-by-night—a nobody!
- Extract from : « The Landloper » by Holman Day
- Had the wind been directly astern, the course of the Fly-by-Night would have been smoother.
- Extract from : « Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long
- Torched on by that fly-by-night who'll be getting out of town and who'll be forgotten inside a week.
- Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
- What gets me is, when you boil our two fly-by-night stories down, I've come here to be alone.
- Extract from : « Seven Keys to Baldpate » by Earl Derr Biggers
- Does any one figger I'll allow some fly-by-night charl'tan to go reeflectin' on me?
- Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
- She now knew where she was, but was nearly dying from the exhaustion of his fly-by-night expeditions.
- Extract from : « Crooked Trails » by Frederic Remington
- Throughout the country local managers began to steal the Madison Square plays and put them on with "fly-by-night" companies.
- Extract from : « Charles Frohman: Manager and Man » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman
- You love me, an actress in a fly-by-night company, a variety artist at the Gayety!
- Extract from : « Beth Norvell » by Randall Parrish
Synonyms for fly-by-night
- brief
- cowboy
- disreputable
- dubious
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- here-today-gone-tomorrow
- impermanent
- irresponsible
- momentary
- not to be relied upon
- not to be trusted
- passing
- questionable
- shady
- shifty
- short-lived
- slimy
- slippery
- temporary
- treacherous
- trustless
- undependable
- unprofessional
- unreliable
- unsure
- untrustworthy
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