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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Airy \Air"y\, a. 1. Consisting of air; as an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies. 2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; a["e]rial; as an airy flight. ``The airy region.'' --Milton. 3. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as an airy situation. 4. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike. ``An airy spirit.'' --Shak. 5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as airy music. 6. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary. ``Airy fame.'' --Shak. Empty sound, and airy notions. --Roscommon. 7. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. ``Merry and airy.'' --Jer. Taylor. 8. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. [Colloq.] 9. (Paint.) Having the light and a["e]rial tints true to nature. --Elmes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: airy adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn: {aired}] 2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" [syn: {impractical}, {visionary}] 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}, {aery}, {ethereal}]
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