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Meanings of airy in English

Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.

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        Not practical or realizable; speculative.

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              Open to or abounding in fresh air.

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                    Airy.

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                            Usage of airy in English
                            1
                            Want airy window treatments that allow just enough light into your bedroom?
                            Ebony
                            2
                            The main ground-level room is light and airy with a simple charm.
                            The Guardian
                            3
                            Splendid; airy, untouched by fear; untouched by thought; fearless, faithless, heedless, graceless.
                            If Winter Comes
                            4
                            The prison is situated on the plateau in an open, airy place.
                            A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State
                            5
                            The muscles in his jaws hardened, despite the airy tone he used.
                            Arms and the Woman
                            6
                            All this was said in the most light-hearted and airy manner conceivable.
                            Overland: A Novel
                            7
                            Then gently stretch the skin to dry in an airy shaded place.
                            American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
                            8
                            Hinpoha, from her airy perch in the tree, cheered the combatants on.
                            The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
                            9
                            Their abode is Mount Olympus and the airy regions above the earth.
                            General History for Colleges and High Schools
                            10
                            That is the most airy and healthy place for the little chap.
                            True Blue
                            11
                            You get a strong sense of your surroundings from the airy interior.
                            The Guardian
                            12
                            The woman is light, airy, indistinctly defined: airy movements are in keeping.
                            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 / A Magazi...
                            13
                            Our meat larder is the passage as being the most airy place.
                            Three Years in Tristan da Cunha
                            14
                            He went into the barn and climbed into the huge, airy loft.
                            The Desert of Wheat
                            15
                            The airy undulation, and the shock given to my nerves, were real.
                            Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
                            16
                            The feudal castles disappeared, and new and more airy architecture succeeded them.
                            Comic History of England
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