airy
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(âr'ē) 
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
airiness air'i·ness n.
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
- Of, relating to, or having the constitution of air.
- High in the air; lofty.
- Open to the air: airy chambers.
- Performed in the air; aerial.
- Immaterial; illusory: an airy apparition.
- Speculative, impractical, or vacuous: airy theories about socioeconomic improvement.
- Light or delicate: an airy dress.
- Haughty or affected: dismissed us with an airy wave of the hand.
- Light-hearted; merry: an airy mood.
airiness air'i·ness n.
SYNONYMS airy, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, transparent, vaporous. These adjectives mean so light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film: airy curtains blowing at the window; a diaphanous veil; ethereal mist; the filmy wings of a moth; gauzy clouds in the sky; a gown of gossamer fabric; sheer silk stockings; transparent chiffon; vaporous shadows at dusk.
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adjective
- Of or relating to air: aerial, atmospheric, pneumatic. See breath/breathlessness, high/low.
- Imposingly high: aerial, lofty, sky-high, soaring, towering. See high/low.
- Exposed to or characterized by the presence of freely circulating air or wind: blowy, breezy, gusty, windy. See breath/breathlessness.
- So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film: aerial, aery, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapory. See thick/thin.
- Displaying light-hearted nonchalance: breezy, buoyant, debonair, jaunty. Informal corky. Idioms: free and easy. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, careful/careless, good/bad.
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adj
Definition: buoyant, light, or lively in nature
Antonyms: burdensome, heavy
adj
Definition: delicate or ethereal
Antonyms: heavy
adj
Definition: open to the atmosphere
Antonyms: close, closed, oppressive, stuffy
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IN BRIEF: n. - The property of something weightless and insubstantial; The property of something spacious and abounding in the open.
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Airy may refer to:
- Sir George Biddell Airy (1801–1892), British Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881, for whom the following features, phenomena, and theories are named:
- Airy (lunar crater)
- Airy (Martian crater)
- Airy-0, a smaller crater within the previous one on Mars, and which defines the prime meridian of the planet
- Airy wave theory, a linear theory describing the propagation of "gravity waves" on the surface of a fluid
- Airy disk, a diffraction pattern in optics
- Airy beam, a non-spreading, transversely accelerating optical wavepacket
- Airy function, a mathematical function
- Airy points, support points chosen to minimize the distortion of the length of a physical standard (such as the International Prototype Meter)
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Airy
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - luftig, ventileret
Nederlands (Dutch)
luchtig, oppervlakkig, onbelangrijk
Français (French)
adj. - clair, léger, impalpable, ethéré, désinvolte, dégagé (des manières)
Deutsch (German)
adj. - luftig, leichtfertig, leicht
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αερώδης, αέριος, ευάερος, αερικός, αέρινος, αιθέριος, ελαφρός, επιπόλαιος
Italiano (Italian)
etereo, ventilato, frivolo, leggero
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - aéreo, etéreo, tênue, gracioso
Русский (Russian)
воздушный, ветреный, легкомысленный, легкий
Español (Spanish)
adj. - aireado, ventilado, frívolo, alegre, vanidoso, ligero, etéreo
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - luftig, tunn, nonchalant
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
轻快的, 空气的, 幻想的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 輕快的, 空氣的, 幻想的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 공기 같은, 덧없는, 경쾌한, 아득히 높은
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 風通しのよい, 空気の, 空気のような, 軽快な, 軽薄な, 空虚な, 実体のない, 気取った
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) هوائي, جوي, شاهق, وهمي, خيالي, متصنع, متكبر
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מאוורר, אוורירי, ריק, נבוב, עליז, שטחי, קליל
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