airy

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English airy From air + -y.

1. Consisting of air.

   “an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies”

2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.

   “an airy flight”

3. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.

   “It was a good solid house, fanless but airy.”

   “an airy situation”

4. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.

   “Neither diamond-hardness nor airy intangibility can save you from this, the searing agony of death!”

5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.

   “airy music”

6. Not based on reality; having no solid foundation

   “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.”

   “One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance.”

7. Light-hearted; vivacious
8. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
9. Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
10. Spacious, well lit, well ventilated.

    “The station has a bright and airy feel and the refurbishment works have provided a modern and inviting station environment for passengers.”

name

1. A surname.