Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flyworthy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fly-wor-thy
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of flight; airworthy

Example Sentences

"[…] formations were so decimated that, apart from the special air units stationed at Stalino and Makeyevka, the Germans stopped referring to their aircraft as part of a group or squadron, and classified them only as flyworthy or unflyworthy."
"With two aircraft riddled with hits and no longer flyworthy, the balance four flights were called off."
"Although seemingly complete, even to the non-aviator the craft was blatantly not fly-worthy as parts of the fuselage carried gaping holes."

Etymology

From fly + -worthy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fly

Inflected Forms

more flyworthy (comparative) most flyworthy (superlative) fly-worthy (alternative)

Synonyms

flyable

Questions

What does flyworthy mean?: Capable of flight; airworthy
Where does flyworthy come from?: From fly + -worthy.

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