 airy |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] open to or abounding in fresh air | |
| Synonyms: | aired | |
| Examples: | "airy rooms" |
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| Related terms: | ventilated | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air | |
| Examples: | "airy gauze curtains" |
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| Related terms: | light | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not practical or realizable; speculative | |
| Synonyms: | visionary impractical | |
| Examples: | "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement" "visionary schemes for getting rich" |
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| Related terms: | utopian | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not practical or realizable; speculative | |
| Synonyms: | laputan visionary impractical | |
| Examples: | "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement" "visionary schemes for getting rich" |
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| Related terms: | utopian | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | |
| Synonyms: | ethereal aerial aery aeriform | |
| Examples: | "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
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| Related terms: | insubstantial | |
| Similar spelling: |
air airway Aire |
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