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Airy
//ˈɛə.ɹi// adj, name
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Consisting of air.
"an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies"
- 2 Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
"an airy flight"
- 3 Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
"It was a good solid house, fanless but airy."
- 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 Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
"airy music"
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- 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."
- 7 light-hearted; vivacious
- 8 Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
- 9 Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
- 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 characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air wordnet
- 2 having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air wordnet
- 3 not practical or realizable; speculative wordnet
- 4 open to or abounding in fresh air wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Etymology
From air + -y.
See also for "airy"
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