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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. open to or abounding in fresh air;
- Example: "airy rooms"
[syn: aired, airy]

2. not practical or realizable; speculative;
- Example: "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"
- Example: "visionary schemes for getting rich"
[syn: airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy]

3. having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air;
- Example: "airy gauze curtains"

4. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air;
- Example: "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle
- Example: "aerial fancies"
- Example: "an airy apparition"
- Example: "physical rather than ethereal forms"
[syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Airy \Air"y\, a.
   1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts
      of bodies.
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   2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; a["e]rial; as,
      an airy flight. "The airy region." --Milton.
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   3. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy;
      as, an airy situation.
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   4. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material;
      airlike. "An airy spirit." --Shak.
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   5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as,
      airy music.
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   6. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty;
      trifling; visionary. "Airy fame." --Shak.
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            Empty sound, and airy notions.        --Roscommon.
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   7. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant;
      superficial. "Merry and airy." --Jer. Taylor.
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   8. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting
      on airs; affectedly grand. [Colloq.]
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   9. (Paint.) Having the light and a["e]rial tints true to
      nature. --Elmes.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

airy
    adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn:
           aired, airy]
    2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
       about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
       getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
       Laputan, windy]
    3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to
       resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
    4: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
       impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform
       come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial
       fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than
       ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery,
       ethereal]