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Definition of As the crow flies
1. Adverb. By the shortest and most direct route. "It's 10 miles as the crow flies"
Definition of As the crow flies
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of As The Crow Flies
Literary usage of As the crow flies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1900)
"Then he squared his shoulders, and started straight as the crow flies toward the
residence of Father Forbes. ..."
2. Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1922)
"... 2'/2 M. as the crow flies, and the difference in altitude is 613'; the railway
is 5 M. in length, with a maximum gradient of 26:1000. ..."
3. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"... which, as the crow flies, is only 18 miles 'distant, and 3500 ft below the
highest point of the Lebanon, which is about 3 to 4 miles farther north. ..."
4. Methodism in Canada: Its Work and Its Story by Alexander Sutherland (1904)
"... as the crow flies, is approximately 500 miles; from the shore of Lake Erie to
the Albany River the distance is about 750 miles; while the distance from ..."
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