English

Alternative forms

• on-the-fly

Adverb

on the fly ‎(not comparable)

1. (baseball, of the ball) Without a bounce.

   Jones caught the ball on the fly‎

2. (idiomatic) Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.

   The software program has a table of values for some results, but calculates others on the fly.

Derived terms

• OTFE, on-the-fly encryption

Synonyms

• (spontaneously): on the spot

Translations