Definitions for airy
ˈɛər iai·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. aired, airyadjective

   open to or abounding in fresh air

   "airy rooms"

2. airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windyadjective

   not practical or realizable; speculative

   "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"

3. airyadjective

   having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air

   "airy gauze curtains"

4. aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, etherealadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. airyadjective

   Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

2. airyadjective

   Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.

3. airyadjective

   Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.

4. airyadjective

   Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.

5. airyadjective

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

6. airyadjective

   Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.

7. airyadjective

   Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.

8. airyadjective

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

9. airyadjective

   Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Airyadjective

   Etymology: from air; aëreus, Lat.

   1. Composed of air.

   The first is the transmission, or emission, of the thinner and more airy parts of bodies; as, in odours and infections: and this is, of all the rest, the most corporeal. Francis Bacon.

   2. Relating to the air; belonging to the air.

   There are fishes that have wings, that are no strangers to the airy region. Boyle.

   3. High in air.

   Whole rivers here forsake the fields below,
   And, wond’ring at their height, through airy channels flow. Addison.

   4. Light as air; thin; unsubstantial; without solidity.

   I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality, that it is but a shadow’s shadow. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Still may the dog the wand’ring troops constrain
   Of airy ghosts, and vex the guilty train;
   And, with her grisly lord, his lovely queen remain. John Dryden, Æn.

   5. Without reality; without any steady foundation in truth or nature; vain; trifling.

   Nor think with wind
   Of airy threats to awe whom yet with deeds
   Thou can’st not. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi.

   Nor (to avoid such meanness) soaring high,
   With empty sound, and airy notions, fly. Wentworth Dillon.

   I have found a complaint concerning the scarcity of money, which occasioned many airy propositions for the remedy of it. William Temple, Miscellanies.

   6. Fluttering; loose; as if to catch the air; full of levity.

   But the epick poem is too stately to receive those little ornaments. The painters draw their nymphs in thin and airy habits; but the weight of gold and of embroideries is reserved for queens and goddesses. John Dryden, Æneid, Dedicat.

   By this name of ladies, he means all young persons, slender, finely shaped, airy, and delicate: such as are nymphs and Naïads. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   7. Gay; sprightly; full of mirth; vivacious; lively; spirited; light of heart.

   He that is merry and airy at shore, when he sees a sad and a loud tempest on the sea, or dances briskly when God thunders from heaven, regards not when God speaks to all the world. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Airyadjective

   consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies

2. Airyadjective

   relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight

3. Airyadjective

   open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation

4. Airyadjective

   resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike

5. Airyadjective

   relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music

6. Airyadjective

   without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary

7. Airyadjective

   light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial

8. Airyadjective

   having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand

9. Airyadjective

   having the light and aerial tints true to nature

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Airy

   Airy is an impact crater on Mars, named in honor of the British Astronomer, Royal Sir George Biddell Airy. The crater is approximately 40 kilometres in diameter and is located at 0.1°E 5.1°S in the Meridiani Planum region. The much smaller crater Airy-0, which defines the location of Mars' prime meridian, lies within it.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. airy

   Breezy.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. AIRY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Airy is ranked #154907 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Airy surname appeared 105 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Airy.
   
   80.9% or 85 total occurrences were White.
   11.4% or 12 total occurrences were Black.
   5.7% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for airy »

1. Iyar

2. Yair

3. yari

How to pronounce airy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say airy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of airy in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of airy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of airy in a Sentence

1. Henry Ward Beecher:

   We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts.

2. John Keats:

   It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel.

3. Samuel Johnson:

   When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.

4. Kabbalah:

   We must learn not to disassociate the airy flower from the earthy root, for the flower that is cut off from its root fades, and its seeds are barren, whereas the root, secure in mother earth, can produce flower after flower and bring their fruit to maturity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=airy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Airy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=airy
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airy
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=airy
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=airy
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html