airy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Consisting of air.

   • an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies
2. 2

   Relating or belonging to air

   Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.

   • an airy flight
3. 3

   Open to a free current of air

   Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.

   • It was a good solid house, fanless but airy.
   • an airy situation
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   1. 4

      Resembling air

      Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.

      • Neither diamond-hardness nor airy intangibility can save you from this, the searing agony of death!
   2. 5

      Relating to the spirit or soul

      Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.

      • airy music
   3. 6

      Not based on reality

      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.
      • One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance.
   4. 7

      Light-hearted

      Light-hearted; vivacious

   5. 8

      Having an affected manner

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

   6. 9

      Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.

   7. 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.
   8. 11

      A surname.

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• synonymgaseous
• synonymsprightly
• synonymsuperficial
• synonymcarefree