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comparative airier, superlative airiest
Consisting of air. examples
Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial. examples
Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy. quotations examples
It was a good solid house, fanless but airy.
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 255
Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike. quotations examples
Neither diamond-hardness nor airy intangibility can save you from this, the searing agony of death!
1977 July 10, Jim Shooter, “Beware the Ant-Man!”, in Avengers, volume 1, number 161, panel 5, Marvel Comics, page 14
Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful. examples
Not based on reality; having no solid foundation quotations examples
Ah me, ah me! No other ghost has haunted the boy’s room, my friends, since I have occupied it, than the ghost of my own childhood, the ghost of my own innocence, the ghost of my own airy belief.
1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Ghost in Master B’s Room”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C. Whiting, […], page 30
light-hearted; vivacious examples
Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. examples
(painting) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature. examples
(of a room or building) Spacious, well lit, well ventilated. quotations examples
The station has a bright and airy feel and the refurbishment works have provided a modern and inviting station environment for passengers.
2020 December 2, Andy Coward, “New-look Reading is willing and able”, in Rail, page 59