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Airy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Airy? [adj] 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" [adj] having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains" [adj] not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" [adj] open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Airy: aerial \| aeriform \| aery \| aired \| ethereal \| impractical \| insubstantial \| light \| unreal \| unsubstantial \| utopian \| ventilated \| visionary Related Terms \| Find terms related to Airy: adulterated \| aeolian \| aerial \| aeriform \| aerodynamic \| aerostatic \| aery \| air-built \| airish \| airlike \| airy \| alfresco \| altitudinous \| animated \| apparent \| apparitional \| ascending \| asinine \| asomatous \| aspiring \| astral \| atmospheric \| attenuate \| attenuated \| autistic \| Barmecidal \| Barmecide \| blasty \| blowy \| blustering \| blusterous \| blustery \| bodiless \| boreal \| bouncy \| boyish \| breezy \| brisk \| bubbly \| buoyant \| carefree \| careless \| casual \| catchpenny \| chimeric \| chimerical \| cloud-built \| colossal \| corky \| cursory \| cut \| dainty \| debonair \| decarnate \| decarnated \| deceptive \| degage \| delicate \| delusional \| delusionary \| delusive \| delusory \| dereistic \| diaphanous \| dilute \| diluted \| discarnate \| disembodied \| disregardant \| disregardful \| dominating \| downy \| drafty \| dreamlike \| dreamy \| easygoing \| effervescent \| elevated \| eminent \| empty \| erroneous \| ethereal \| exalted \| expansive \| exposed \| exquisite \| extramundane \| fallacious \| false \| fanciful \| fantastic \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| favonian \| feathery \| fine \| fine-drawn \| finespun \| flawy \| flimsy \| flippant \| fluffy \| foamy \| foolish \| forgetful \| frail \| free and easy \| fresh \| fribble \| fribbling \| frivolous \| frothy \| fuming \| fumy \| futile \| gaseous \| gasified \| gasiform \| gaslike \| gassy \| gauzy \| ghostly \| girlish \| gossamer \| gossamery \| gracile \| gusty \| haughty \| heedless \| high \| high-pitched \| high-reaching \| high-set \| high-spirited \| high-up \| idealistic \| idle \| illusional \| illusionary \| illusive \| illusory \| imaginary \| immaterial \| impalpable \| imponderable \| imponderous \| impractical \| in the clouds \| inane \| inconsiderate \| incorporate \| incorporeal \| indifferent \| insouciant \| insubstantial \| intangible \| jaunty \| lacy \| lazy \| leger \| light \| light as air \| lighter than vanity \| lighthearted \| lightsome \| lofty \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmatic \| miasmic \| misleading \| misty \| monumental \| mounting \| mousse \| nonmaterial \| nonphysical \| nugacious \| nugatory \| oblivious \| occult \| offhand \| Olympian \| open-air \| ostensible \| otherworldly \| otiose \| outtopping \| overlooking \| overtopping \| oxyacetylene \| oxygenous \| ozonic \| papery \| perfunctory \| perky \| phantasmagoric \| phantasmal \| phantom \| phantomlike \| pneumatic \| poetic \| prominent \| psychic \| puffy \| quixotic \| rare \| rarefied \| reckless \| reeking \| reeky \| regardless \| resilient \| respectless \| romancing \| romantic \| romanticized \| roomy \| seeming \| self-deceptive \| self-deluding \| shadowy \| shallow \| silly \| skyscraping \| slender \| slenderish \| slight \| slight-made \| slim \| slimmish \| slinky \| small \| smoking \| smoky \| soaring \| souffle \| specious \| spectral \| spiring \| spirited \| spiritual \| spirituous \| squally \| starry-eyed \| steaming \| steamy \| steep \| storybook \| sublime \| subtile \| subtle \| superficial \| superlative \| supernal \| supernatural \| supposititious \| svelte \| sylphlike \| tactless \| tenuous \| thin \| thin-bodied \| thinned \| thinned-out \| thinnish \| thin-set \| thin-spun \| thoughtless \| threadlike \| topless \| toplofty \| topping \| towering \| towery \| transcendental \| transmundane \| trifling \| trite \| trivial \| tropospheric \| unactual \| uncompact \| uncompressed \| undiplomatic \| unearthly \| unembodied \| unextended \| unfleshly \| unfounded \| unheavy \| unheedful \| unheeding \| unmindful \| unphysical \| unpractical \| unprepared \| unready \| unreal \| unrealistic \| unsolicitous \| unsubstantial \| untactful \| unthinking \| unworldly \| uplifted \| upreared \| vacuous \| vague \| vain \| vapid \| vaporing \| vaporish \| vaporlike \| vaporous \| vapory \| visionary \| volatile \| wasp-waisted \| watered \| watered-down \| watery \| weak \| weightless \| willowy \| windswept \| windy \| wiredrawn \| wish-fulfilling \| wispy \| yeasty See Also \| Airy In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Airy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Airy?

[adj] 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"
[adj] having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
[adj] not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"
[adj] open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms"

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Airy In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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