“airy”

Definitions

• adjective

  open to or abounding in fresh air

  Synonyms: aired, barmecidal, barmecide, olympian, adulterated, aeolian, aerial, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, airish

  • Example:“airy rooms”

• adjective

  not practical or realizable; speculative

  Synonyms: impractical, visionary, laputan, windy

  • Example:“airy theories about socioeconomic improvement”
  • Example:“visionary schemes for getting rich”

• adjective

  having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air

  • Example:“airy gauze curtains”

• adjective

  characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air

  Synonyms: aeriform, aerial, aery, ethereal

  • Example:“Figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away.”
  • Example:“aerial fancies”