Hypertext Webster Gateway: "airy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Airy \Air"y\, a.
1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts
of bodies.

2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; a["e]rial; as,
an airy flight. ``The airy region.'' --Milton.

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.'' --Shak.

5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as,
airy music.

6. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty;
trifling; visionary. ``Airy fame.'' --Shak.

Empty sound, and airy notions. --Roscommon.

7. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant;
superficial. ``Merry and airy.'' --Jer. Taylor.

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

9. (Paint.) Having the light and a["e]rial tints true to
nature. --Elmes.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

airy
adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn: {aired}]
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
getting rich" [syn: {impractical}, {visionary}]
3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to
resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
4: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and
aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle;
"aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather
than ethereal forms" [syn: {aeriform}, {aerial}, {aery}, {ethereal}]


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