airy

Definition of Airy in English :

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Adjective

1. aired, airy

open to or abounding in fresh air

Example Sentences:
'airy rooms'

aired

2. airy, impractical, laputan, visionary, windy

not practical or realizable; speculative

Example Sentences:
'airy theories about socioeconomic improvement'
'visionary schemes for getting rich'

3. airy

having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air

Example Sentences:
'airy gauze curtains'

4. aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal

characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air

Example Sentences:
'figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away'
'aerial fancies'
'an airy apparition'
'physical rather than ethereal forms'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Airy

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adjectiveWord forms: airier or airiest

1.

abounding in fresh air

2.

spacious or uncluttered

3.

nonchalant; superficial

4.

visionary; fanciful

airy promises

airy plans

5.

of or relating to air

6.

weightless and insubstantial

an airy gossamer

7.

light and graceful in movement

8.

having no material substance

airy spirits

9.

high up in the air; lofty

10.

performed in the air; aerial

noun

Sir George Biddell. 1801–92, British astronomer, noted for his estimate of the earth's density from gravity measurements in mines; astronomer royal (1835–81)

Airy

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈairier or ˈairiest

1.

in the air; high up

2.

of air

3.

open to the air; breezy

4.

unsubstantial as air; visionary

5.

light as air; delicate; graceful

6.

lighthearted; vivacious

7.

affectedly nonchalant; grand

Airy

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adj. air·i·er, air·i·est

1.

a. Open to or allowing in air; breezy or drafty: "the airy bungalows of the island's top officials" (Amitav Ghosh).

b. Extensive in area or height; spacious: "An open floor plan made bright and airy by soaring ceilings" (Country Living).

2. High in the air; lofty: airy skyscrapers.

3. Performed in the air; aerial.

4. Resembling or evocative of air, especially:

a. Having little or no substance; thin or immaterial: an airy apparition.

b. Light or delicate: an airy dress.

5. Speculative, impractical, or vacuous: airy notions of human perfectibility.

6. Haughty or affected: dismissed us with an airy wave of the hand.

7. Chiefly Irish Light-hearted; merry.

8. Archaic Of, relating to, or having the constitution of air.

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