Antonyms for airy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : air-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛər i |
Definition of airy
Origin :- late 14c., "of the air, made of air," from air (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "breezy" is attested from 1590s; that of "lively" is from 1640s. Sense of "vain, unsubstantial" is from 1580s. Disparaging airy-fairy is attested from 1920 (earlier in a sense of "delicate or light as a fairy," which is how Tennyson used it in 1830).
- adj open to the atmosphere
- adj delicate or ethereal
- adj buoyant, light, or lively in nature
- There was a long, airy gallery, in which he was allowed to take exercise any hour of the day.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I had climbed up into the airy heights, I had been writing of millionaires.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Very few houses have a proper place to keep provisions in; the best substitute is a hanging-safe, suspended in an airy situation.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- The latter, entirely unabashed, waved an airy gesture, and continued.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Visions are airy; but I propose to see visions for a moment, and Britain as she might be in 1948.
- Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
- An airy irrelevancy was quite as common as the serious note.
- Extract from : « Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland » by Daniel Turner Holmes
- In my youthful haste I asked myself what sort of airy soul she had.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- In the inner and airy office, Dunwoodie nodded, motioned at a chair.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- They saw a room, like the other bedrooms in the house, large and airy.
- Extract from : « Three Margarets » by Laura E. Richards
- His airy play with the texts of Holy Scripture had been too venturesome for many.
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
Synonyms for airy
- aerial
- animated
- atmospheric
- blithe
- blowy
- bouncy
- breezy
- cheerful
- cheery
- dainty
- diaphanous
- drafty
- effervescent
- elastic
- exposed
- fanciful
- flimsy
- flippant
- fluttering
- fragile
- frail
- fresh
- frivolous
- frolicsome
- gaseous
- gay
- graceful
- gusty
- happy
- high-spirited
- illusory
- imaginary
- immaterial
- intangible
- jaunty
- light
- light-hearted
- lofty
- merry
- nonchalant
- out-of-doors
- rare
- rarefied
- resilient
- sprightly
- tenuous
- thin
- uncluttered
- vaporous
- ventilated
- visionary
- volatile
- weightless
- well-ventilated
- whimsical
- windy
- wispy
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