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 Definitions of airy  [ˈɛər i]  

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Definition of 'airy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) airy
open to a free current of fresh air:
airy rooms.

2.  airy
immaterial:
airy phantoms.

3.  airy
thin:
airy garments.

4.  airy
light in manner; sprightly; lively:
airy songs.

5.  airy
light in movement; graceful:
an airy step.

6.  airy
performed in the air; aerial.

7.  airy
lofty; high in the air.

8.  airy
snobbishly affected; haughty:
a model striking airy poses.

Etymology:  (1350–1400)

Definition of 'airy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) aired, airy
open to or abounding in fresh air
"airy rooms"

2. (adj) airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy
not practical or realizable; speculative
"airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"

3. (adj) airy
having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
"airy gauze curtains"

4. (adj) aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal
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"


Definition of 'airy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) airy
consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies

2. (adj) airy
relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight

3. (adj) airy
open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation

4. (adj) airy
resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike

5. (adj) airy
relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music

6. (adj) airy
without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary

7. (adj) airy
light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial

8. (adj) airy
having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand

9. (adj) airy
having the light and aerial tints true to nature


Translation of 'airy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: with plenty of (fresh) air
an airy room.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: lugtig Arabic flag Arabic: مُهَوَّى، مَلِيء بِالهَوا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: проветрив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: arejado Czech flag Czech: vzdušný German flag German: luftig
Danish flag Danish: luftig Greek flag Greek: ευάερος Spanish flag Spanish: ventilado, aireado
Estonian flag Estonian: õhurikas, tuulutatud Farsi flag Farsi: دارای هوای تازه Finnish flag Finnish: ilmava
French flag French: bien aéré Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְאוּורַר Hindi flag Hindi: हवादार
Croatian flag Croatian: prozračan Hungarian flag Hungarian: jó levegőjű Indonesian flag Indonesian: penuh udara segar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: loftgóður, rúmgóður Italian flag Italian: arioso, arieggiato Japanese flag Japanese: 風通しの良い
Korean flag Korean: 바람이 잘 통하는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: erdvus Latvian flag Latvian: gaisa-
Malay flag Malay: berangin udara segar Dutch flag Dutch: luchtig Norwegian flag Norwegian: luftig
Polish flag Polish: przewiewny Persian flag Persian: دارای هوای تازه Pashto flag Pashto: د تازه هوا لرونکی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: arejado Romanian flag Romanian: (bine) aerisit Russian flag Russian: просторный
Slovak flag Slovak: vzdušný Slovenian flag Slovenian: zračen Serbian flag Serbian: prozračan
Swedish flag Swedish: luftig Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งมีอากาศถ่ายเทได้สะดวก Turkish flag Turkish: havadar
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 通風的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: повний повітря Urdu flag Urdu: ہوادار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thoáng gió Chinese flag Chinese: 通风的,空气新鲜的

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