airy
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- open to or abounding in fresh air
- "airy rooms"
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"
- having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
- "airy gauze curtains"
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; - Thomas Carlyle
- "an airy apparition"
Adj
- Consisting of air.
- Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
- Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
- Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
- Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
- Not based on reality; having no solid foundation
- light-hearted; vivacious
- Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
- Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
- Spacious, well lit, well ventilated.
Origin / Etymology
From air + -y.
Synonyms
aereous, aerial, aeriform, aery, aired, carefree, empty, ethereal, flippant, gaseous, impractical, Laputan, sprightly, superficial, trifling, visionary, windy
Scrabble Score: 7
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