Airy

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Open to or allowing in air; breezy or drafty.
  • adjective. Extensive in area or height; spacious.
  • adjective. High in the air; lofty.
  • adjective. Performed in the air; aerial.
  • adjective. Resembling or evocative of air, especially.
  • adjective. Having little or no substance; thin or immaterial.
  • adjective. Light or delicate.
  • adjective. Speculative, impractical, or vacuous.
  • adjective. Haughty or affected.
  • adjective. Light-hearted; merry.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or having the constitution of air.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of or having the character of air; immaterial; ethereal.
  • Relating or belonging to the air; being in the air; aërial.
  • Open to a free current of air; breezy: as, an airy situation.
  • Light as air; intangible; unsubstantial; empty; unreal; flimsy: as, airy ghosts.
  • Visionary; speculative: as, airy notions; an airy metaphysician.
  • Graceful; delicate.
  • Light in manner or movement; sprightly; gay; lively.
  • Jaunty; full of airs; affectedly lofty; pretentious.
  • In painting, showing that proper recession of all parts which expresses distance and atmosphere.
  • noun. A provincial form of area.
  • noun. An old and better spelling of aery.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Consisting of air
  • adjective. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aërial.
  • adjective. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
  • adjective. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
  • adjective. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
  • adjective. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
  • adjective. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
  • adjective. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
  • adjective. Having the light and aërial tints true to nature.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
  • adjective. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
  • adjective. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
  • adjective. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
  • adjective. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
  • adjective. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
  • adjective. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
  • adjective. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
  • adjective. Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. open to or abounding in fresh air
  • adjective. having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
  • adjective. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
  • adjective. not practical or realizable; speculative
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    Arie  Azeri  Barrie  Barry  Berri  
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    airier  airiest