Winging it? (5 letters)

{ Answer }

ALOFT

{ Related Clues }

In the air
Airborne
Flying
On high
Overhead
In the sky
Skyward
Soaring
In the stratosphere
Up
Upward
Among the clouds
Drifting above
High up
Not grounded?
Up in the air
Up high
Up in the rigging
Where eagles go
Where jets soar and roar

{ Tags }

air, airborne, aloft, eagles, flight, flying, go, high, it, jets, overhead, residence, rigging, roar, sky, skyward, soar, soaring, up, where, winging

{ Notes }

The answer ALOFT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 190 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ALOFT as an adverb:

1. at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship; "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"

2. upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"

3. at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"

4. in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine"