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, Laputan]

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] [also: airiest, airier]

English

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /ˈeɹ.i/

• Rhymes: -ɛəri

Adjective

1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aërial; as, an airy flight.
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.
5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
6. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
7. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
8. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
9. (Painting) Having the light and aërial tints true to nature.

Japanese

Noun

airy

1. air force

Airy may refer to:

• Sir George Biddell Airy, who is the eponym of craters located on the Moon and Mars
• Airy (lunar crater)
• Airy (crater on Mars), the smaller crater Airy-0 within Airy defines the prime meridian of the planet
• Airy disc, diffraction pattern
• Airy function, a special function

See also

• Air

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