airy

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

open to or abounding in fresh air“airy rooms”Synonyms: aired
not practical or realizable; speculative“airy theories about socioeconomic improvement”“visionary schemes for getting rich”Synonyms: impractical visionary Laputan windy
having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air“airy gauze curtains”
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”Synonyms: aeriform aerial aery ethereal

Airy \Air"y\, a.

1.Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies. [1913 Webster]

2.Relating or belonging to air; high in air; a["e]rial; as, an airy flight. "The airy region." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3.Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation. [1913 Webster]

4.Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike. "An airy spirit." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5.Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music. [1913 Webster]

6.Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary. "Airy fame." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Empty sound, and airy notions.— Roscommon.[1913 Webster]

7.Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. "Merry and airy." --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

8.Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

9.(Paint.) Having the light and a["e]rial tints true to nature. --Elmes. [1913 Webster]