airy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 4
/ˈɛə.ɹi/
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/ˈɛə.ɹi/ · [ˈɛː.ɹi] · /ˈɛɹ.i/ · [ˈɛ˞.i] · /ˈɛɚ.i/ · /ˈeː.ɹi/ · /ˈeəɹi/ · /ˈiəɹi/ · /ˈeɹɪ/ · /ˈeɹe/ · /ˈɜːɹɪ/
Definition of airy
11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Consisting of air.
“an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies”
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adj
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Consisting of air.
“an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies”
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Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
“an airy flight”
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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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Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
“Neither diamond-hardness nor airy intangibility can save you from this, the searing agony of death!”
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Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
“airy music”
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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.”
- 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.
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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.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From air + -y.
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