à la volée

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a la vɔ.le/
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Adverb

à la volée

  1. in flight
  2. as one goes
  3. on the fly
  4. (of clocks) steadily, continuously

Scots

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Etymology

Borrowed from French à la volée (“on the fly”).

Adverb

à la volée

  1. at random
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