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Airy   /ˈɛri/   Listen
adjective
Airy  adj.  
1.
Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
2.
Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight. "The airy region."
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."
5.
Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
6.
Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary. "Airy fame." "Empty sound, and airy notions."
7.
Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. "Merry and airy."
8.
Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. (Colloq.)
9.
(Paint.) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.






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"Airy" Quotes from Famous Books



... just overlooking the Tamsui river, two hundred feet above its waters. The building was 116 feet long and 67 feet wide, and was built of small red bricks brought from across the Formosa Channel. A wide, airy hall ran down the middle of the building, and was used as a lecture-room. On either side were rooms capable of accommodating fifty students and apartments for two teachers and their families. There were, besides, two smaller ...
— The Black-Bearded Barbarian (George Leslie Mackay) • Mary Esther Miller MacGregor, AKA Marion Keith

... in his wrath: "He raised thee to that airy path; A passing wind or puff of air Will hurl thee to ...
— Fables of John Gay - (Somewhat Altered) • John Gay

... The one end was my mother's domain, and served all the purposes of dining-room and kitchen and parlor, besides containing two large wooden erections, called by our Scotch peasantry "box beds"; not holes in the wall, as in cities, but grand, big, airy beds, adorned with many-colored counterpanes, and hung with natty curtains, showing the skill of the mistress of the house. The other end was my father's workshop, filled with five or six "stocking-frames," whirring with the constant action of five or six pairs of busy hands and ...
— The Story of John G. Paton - Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals • James Paton

... cells in the basement, where the condemned felon in silence awaited his doom, or the airy wards above, where the impecunious debtor or the runaway sailor meditatively or riotously defied their traditional enemies the constable and policeman, now echo the Hebrew, Greek and Latin utterances of the Morrin College professors, and on meeting nights the disquisitions ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine

... American Missionary Association, and is a beautiful and convenient structure. The main part is three and a half stories in height, with wing and rear extension two and a half stories in height. It contains kitchen, dormitories and sitting-rooms for teachers and girls, and a spacious, airy and attractive ...
— The American Missionary -- Volume 54, No. 2, April, 1900 • Various


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