airily

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.

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.

airily [ˈɛərɪlɪ]

adv

1. in a jaunty or high-spirited manner

2. in a light or delicate manner

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Adv.

airily - in a flippant manner; "he answered the reporters' questions flippantly"; "this cannot be airily explained to your children"

flippantly

airily

adverb light-heartedly, happily, blithely, gaily, animatedly, breezily, jauntily, buoyantly, high-spiritedly 'I'll be all right,' he said airily.

Translations

airily [ˈɛərɪlɪ] ADV [say] → sin darle importancia; [dismiss] → muy a la ligera; [wave, gesture] → despreocupadamente

airily [ˈɛərɪli] adv [say] → avec dÃ©sinvolture

airily

adv (= casually) say, reply etc → leichthin, lässig; (= vaguely) → vage; (= flippantly) → blasiert, erhaben

airily [ˈɛərɪlɪ] adv → con disinvoltura

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flippantly
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The first to address him was Don Quixote, who said, "You travel very airily, sir gallant; whither bound, may we ask, if it is your pleasure to tell us?

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

These descendants of the sect of Zoroaster--the most thrifty, civilised, intelligent, and austere of the East Indians, among whom are counted the richest native merchants of Bombay--were celebrating a sort of religious carnival, with processions and shows, in the midst of which Indian dancing-girls, clothed in rose-coloured gauze, looped up with gold and silver, danced airily, but with perfect modesty, to the sound of viols and the clanging of tambourines.

Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context

Now appeared Joe Harper, as airily clad and elab- orately armed as Tom.

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

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