Related Words for as the crow flies

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directly
x/x
Adverb, Adverb
straight
/
Adjective
linearly
/xxx
Adverb
so far
//
Phrase, Adverb
squarely
/x
Adverb
across
x/
Adverb, Noun
square
/
Noun
straightforwardly
x/xx
Adverb
around
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Adverb, Adjective
forthright
//
Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
to the letter
/x/x
Phrase, Adverb
away
x/
Adverb
something like
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
up and down
///
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
side by side
///
Phrase, Adverb, Noun, Adjective
directionally
x/xxx
Adverb
halfway
//
Adverb
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
betwixt and between
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Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
downright
/x
Adjective
far and wide
///
Phrase, Adverb
horizontally
xx/xx
Adverb
direct
x/
Adjective
from pillar to post
//x//
Phrase, Adverb
straightway
/x
Adverb
diagonally
x/xxx
Adverb
flat
/
Adjective
distantly
/xx
Adverb
this way
//
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
figuratively
x/xxx
Adverb
fair and square
///
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
exactly
x/x
Adverb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
symbolically
x/xxx
Adverb
on the fly
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
synonymously
x/xxx
Adverb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
closely
/x
Adverb
abreast
x/
Adverb, Adjective
geometrically
xx/xx
Adverb
crisscross
/x
Noun
geographically
xx/xxx
Adverb
forward
/x
Adverb
grossly
/x
Adverb
proximately
/xxx
Adverb
thereabouts
xx/
Noun
vertically
/xx
Adverb
fluently
/xx
Adverb
crudely
/x
Adverb
true to form
///
Phrase, Adverb
equivalently
x/xxx
Adverb
on the way
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
straight up
//
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
every which way
/xx//
Phrase, Adverb
far and away
//x/
Phrase, Adverb
perpendicularly
xx/xxx
Adverb
close to the wind
//x/
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
in one go
x//
Phrase, Adverb
far from
//
Phrase, Adverb
nose to tail
///
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
as a rule
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
just so
//
Phrase, Adverb
back and forth
///
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
as they come
///
Phrase, Adverb
then and there
///
Phrase, Adverb
physically
/xxx
Adverb
broadside
/x
Noun
just the same
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
numerically
x/xx
Adverb
loosely
/x
Adverb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
quick as a flash
//x/
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
sort of
//
Phrase, Adverb
nearly
/x
Adverb
as it were
//x
Phrase, Adverb
in place
x/
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
a
x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
abysmal
x/x
Adjective
ac
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
amoral
x/x
Adjective
annoying
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ants
/
Noun
apolitical
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
arsenic
/xx
Noun, Adjective
asses
/x
Noun
aviator
/xxx
Noun
backwoods
//
Noun, Adjective
bay
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
beats
/
Noun
bees
/
Noun
birds
/
Noun
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
blackbird
/x
Noun, Verb
blood
/
Noun, Verb
boast
/
Verb, Noun
boosts
/
Verb, Noun
bothersome
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Adjective
brag
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
bugs
/
Adjective
butterflies
/xx
Noun
carrion
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cats
/
Adjective
caw
/
Noun, Verb
comfort
/x
Noun, Verb
congratulate
x/xx
Verb
consequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
corn
/
Noun, Verb
corneille
x/
Name
corvus
/x
Name
coyote
x/x
Noun, Verb
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crewe
/
Name
crows
/
Noun
deformed
x/
Adjective
dessert
x/
Noun
door
/
Noun, Verb
ducks
/
Noun
duly
/x
Adverb
eagle
/x
Noun, Verb
eat
/
Verb, Noun
eels
/
Noun
electricity
xx/xx
Noun
equally
/xx
Adverb
every bit
/xx/
Phrase, Adverb
existent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
exult
x/
Verb
faceless
/x
Adjective
fallible
/xx
Adjective
farm
/
Noun, Verb
fictive
/x
Adjective, Noun
fleas
/
Noun
floats
/
Verb, Noun
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fowls
/
Noun
foxes
/x
Noun
frogs
/
Noun
gloat
/
Verb, Noun
goat
/
Noun, Verb
goes
/
Noun
goose
/
Noun, Verb
grasshoppers
/xx
Verb
gull
/
Noun, Verb
hare
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hawk
/
Noun, Verb
heads
/
Noun
hellish
/x
Adjective
horrible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
horrific
x/x
Adjective
house
/
Noun, Verb
hovers
/x
Verb, Noun
hummingbird
/xx
Noun
hurtful
/x
Adjective
idealized
x/xx
Adjective
identifiable
x/xxxx
Adjective
if
/
Noun
imaginary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
inconstant
x/x
Adjective
insects
/x
Adjective
interact
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Verb, Noun
ir
//
Name, Adjective
irremediable
xx/xxx
Adjective
knowable
/xx
Adjective
leeches
/x
Noun
monkey
/x
Noun, Verb
moor
/
Noun, Verb
mosquitoes
x/x
Verb
mushroom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
nameless
/x
Adjective, Noun
nasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
nest
/
Noun, Verb
nightmarish
/xx
Adjective
noisy
/x
Adjective
objectified
x/xx
Adjective
obsessed
x/
Adjective
omaha
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Name
operates
/xx
Verb
owl
/
Noun, Verb
parrot
/x
Noun, Verb
passes
/x
Verb, Noun
patch
/
Noun, Verb
perfected
x/x
Adjective
pi
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pigeons
/x
Adjective
pilot
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plucked
/
Adjective
preen
/
Noun, Verb
pride
/
Noun, Verb
quintessential
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
raven
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
robin
/x
Name
robs
/
Verb, Noun
rook
/
Noun, Verb
rooster
/x
Noun
runs
/
Noun
sauce
/
Noun, Verb
scare
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
scarecrow
/x
Noun, Verb
scariest
/xx
Adjective
seedy
/x
Adjective
sends
/
Verb
sentient
/x
Adjective, Noun
sioux
/
Name
so
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
soars
/
Verb, Noun
spain
/
Name
spiders
/x
Name
squirrel
/x
Noun, Verb
steals
/
Noun
swan
/
Noun, Verb
travels
/x
Noun, Verb
triumph
/x
Noun, Verb
turtle
/x
Noun, Verb
unknowing
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Adjective, Noun
unmoving
x/x
Adjective
utility
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Noun, Adjective
versatile
/xx
Adjective
vole
/
Noun, Verb
wait
/
Verb, Noun
wasps
/
Noun
wolf
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Noun, Verb