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Dictionary: air·less   (âr'lĭs) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having no air.
  2. Lacking fresh air; stuffy.
  3. Lacking movement of air; still.
airlessness air'less·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air: close, stifling, stuffy. See breath/breathlessness, open/close.
  2. Marked by an absence of circulating air: breathless, breezeless, still, windless. See breath/breathlessness.

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Definition: stuffy
Antonyms: airy, ventilated


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IN BRIEF: adj. - Lacking fresh air.

Tutor's tip: If you don't have any air, you're "airless"; if you don't have any hair, your "hairless"; and if you don't have any heirs (ones who inherit property), your "heirless."

 
 
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