airy

[airĀ·y]

An airy place is full of fresh air. Other airy things are either light like air or without substance like air.

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Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

Adjective S.
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"

Adjective S.
having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"

Adjective S.
not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"

Adjective S.
open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms"


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Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

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Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.

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Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.

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Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.

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Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.

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Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.

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Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.

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Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.

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Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.


Airy

Air"y , a. 1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies. 2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; a'89rial; as, an airy flight. "The airy region." Milton. 3. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation. 4. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike. "An airy spirit." Shak. 5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music. 6. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary. "Airy fame." Shak.
Empty sound, and airy notions.
7. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. "Merry and airy." Jer. Taylor. 8. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. [Colloq.] 9. (Paint.) Having the light and a'89rial tints true to nature. Elmes.

Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

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