airy (redirected from Airy, Sir George Biddell)

air·y  (âr)

adj. air·i·er, air·i·est

1. Of, relating to, or having the constitution of air.

2. High in the air; lofty.

3. Open to the air: airy chambers.

4. Performed in the air; aerial.

5. Immaterial; illusory: an airy apparition.

6. Speculative, impractical, or vacuous: airy theories about socioeconomic improvement.

7. Light or delicate: an airy dress.

8. Haughty or affected: dismissed us with an airy wave of the hand.

9. Light-hearted; merry: an airy mood.

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airi·ly adv.

airi·ness n.

Synonyms: airy, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer², transparent, vaporous
These adjectives mean so light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film: airy curtains blowing at the window; a diaphanous veil; ethereal mist; the filmy wings of a moth; gauzy clouds in the sky; a gown of gossamer fabric; sheer silk stockings; transparent chiffon; vaporous shadows at dusk.

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airy

Adjective

[airier, airiest]

1. spacious and well ventilated

2. light-hearted and casual

3. having little basis in reality; fanciful: airy assurances

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	airy - open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" aired ventilated - exposed to air; "a well ventilated room"
	2.	airy - not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" visionary, windy, impractical, Laputan utopian - characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes"
	3.	airy - having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains" light - of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"
	4.	airy - 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" aery, ethereal, aerial, aeriform insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal - lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"

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airy

adjective 1. well-ventilated, open, light, fresh, spacious, windy, lofty, breezy, uncluttered, draughty, gusty, blowy << OPPOSITE stuffy

adjective 2. light-hearted, light, happy, gay, lively, cheerful, animated, merry, upbeat (informal) buoyant, graceful, cheery, genial, high-spirited, jaunty, chirpy (informal) sprightly, debonair, nonchalant, blithe, frolicsome << OPPOSITE gloomy

adjective 3. insubstantial, imaginary, visionary, flimsy, fanciful, ethereal, immaterial, illusory, wispy, weightless, incorporeal, vaporous << OPPOSITE real

Translations

airy [ˈɛərɪ] adj [room] → bien ventilado; [manners] → despreocupado

airy [ˈɛərɪ] air adj → bien aéré(e); [manners] → dégagé(e)

airy [ˈɛərɪ] air adj → luftig;

(casual) → lässig

airy [ˈɛərɪ] adj → arioso/a; [manners] → noncurante