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airy

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: airy

1
adj
open to or abounding in fresh air
2
adj
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: airy
1

adj open to or abounding in fresh air

airy rooms”
Synonyms:
aired
ventilated
exposed to air
2

adj characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air

“an airy apparition”
Synonyms:
aerial, aeriform, aery, ethereal
insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial
lacking material form or substance; unreal

adj having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air

airy gauze curtains”
Synonyms
light
of comparatively little physical weight or density

adj not practical or realizable; speculative

airy theories about socioeconomic improvement”
Synonyms:
Laputan, impractical, visionary, windy
utopian
characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection
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