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    So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film: aerial, airy, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapory. See thick/thin.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
  Synonyms: aerie, eyrie, eyry

Meaning #2: any habitation at a high altitude
  Synonyms: aerie, eyrie, eyry

The adjective aery has one meaning:

Meaning #1: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
  Synonyms: aeriform, aerial, airy, ethereal

 
 
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