Airy

//ˈɛə.ɹi// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Consisting of air.

    "an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies"

  2. 2
    Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.

    "an airy flight"

  3. 3
    Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.

    "It was a good solid house, fanless but airy."

  4. 4
    Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.

    "Neither diamond-hardness nor airy intangibility can save you from this, the searing agony of death!"

  5. 5
    Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.

    "airy music"

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  1. 6
    Not based on reality; having no solid foundation

    "Ah me, ah me! No other ghost has haunted the boy’s room, my friends, since I have occupied it, than the ghost of my own childhood, the ghost of my own innocence, the ghost of my own airy belief."

  2. 7
    light-hearted; vivacious
  3. 8
    Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
  4. 9
    Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
  5. 10
    Spacious, well lit, well ventilated.

    "The station has a bright and airy feel and the refurbishment works have provided a modern and inviting station environment for passengers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air wordnet
  2. 2
    having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air wordnet
  3. 3
    not practical or realizable; speculative wordnet
  4. 4
    open to or abounding in fresh air wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

From air + -y.

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