a-wingadv.
/əˈwɪŋ/ On the wing; fluttering.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [adverb]
afloat1768
a-wing1827
volantly1876
1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxx, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 112 Swallows comin' a-wing frae God knows where.
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 186 The island's edges are a-wing With trees that over-branch—The sea with song-birds.
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