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airy definition
airy |
Grep of noun airy bad fairy dairy fairy Overview of adj airy The adj airy has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) aired, airy -- (open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms") 2. airy, impractical, visionary -- (not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich") 3. airy -- (having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains") 4. aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal -- (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") Antonyms of adj airy 4 senses of airy Sense 1 aired, airy INDIRECT (VIA ventilated) -> unventilated Sense 2 airy, impractical, visionary INDIRECT (VIA utopian) -> dystopian Sense 3 airy INDIRECT (VIA light) -> heavy Sense 4 aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal INDIRECT (VIA insubstantial) -> substantial, real, material Similarity of adj airy 4 senses of airy Sense 1 aired, airy => ventilated (vs. unventilated) Sense 2 airy, impractical, visionary => utopian (vs. dystopian) Sense 3 airy => light (vs. heavy) Sense 4 aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal => insubstantial (vs. substantial), unsubstantial, unreal Attributes of adj airy Familiarity of adj airy airy used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj airy airy fairy hairy nonhairy Overview of adj airy The adj airy has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) aired, airy -- (open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms") 2. airy, impractical, visionary -- (not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich") 3. airy -- (having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains") 4. aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal -- (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")
airy definition