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Airy \Air"y\, a.

1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies. [1913 Webster]

2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; a["e]rial; as, an airy flight. "The airy region." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation. [1913 Webster]

4. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike. "An airy spirit." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music. [1913 Webster]

6. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary. "Airy fame." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Empty sound, and airy notions. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]

7. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. "Merry and airy." --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

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

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9. (Paint.) Having the light and a["e]rial tints true to nature. --Elmes. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

airy adj
1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn: aired]
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" [syn: impractical, visionary, Laputan]
3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
4: 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" [syn: aeriform, aerial, aery, ethereal] [also: airiest, airier]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

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["e]rial; 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. --Roscommon.

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["e]rial tints true to nature. --Elmes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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