ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
1. : rising to a considerable height
displaying high-flying hoofs and thrashing tails — Court Paige
2.
a. : inflated or pretentious in style, content, or ambition : high-flown
a high-flying dissertation on the means to attain a social revolution — Wilfred Fienburgh
high-flying proposals
b. : having an extremely lofty or metaphysical character : being too abstract or remote from human affairs : transcendental
directed against the intuitional, or high-flying school — C.N.Feidelson
mocked the high-flying … Platonists — P.D.Partner