airy Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite open to or abounding in fresh air
aired.
- airy rooms
adjective satellite not practical or realizable; speculative
windy; visionary; impractical; Laputan.
- airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
- visionary schemes for getting rich
adjective satellite having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
- airy gauze curtains
adjective satellite characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
aeriform; aerial; aery; ethereal.
- figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle
- aerial fancies
- an airy apparition
- physical rather than ethereal forms

Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aërial; as, an airy flight. "The airy region." Milton.
Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike. "An airy spirit." Shak.
Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary. "Airy fame." Shak.
Empty sound, and airy notions. Roscommon.
Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. "Merry and airy." Jer. Taylor.
Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. Colloq.
(Paint.) Having the light and aërial tints true to nature. Elmes.