airy

(erē)

adjective airier, airiest

  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

See airy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective air·i·er, air·i·est
  1. Of, relating to, or having the constitution of air.
  2. High in the air; lofty.
  3. Open to the air: airy chambers.
  4. Performed in the air; aerial.
  5. Immaterial; illusory: an airy apparition.
  6. Speculative, impractical, or vacuous: airy theories about socioeconomic improvement.
  7. Light or delicate: an airy dress.
  8. Haughty or affected: dismissed us with an airy wave of the hand.
  9. Light-hearted; merry: an airy mood.

Related Forms:

  • airˈi·ly adverb
  • airˈi·ness noun

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