Featured Members

Edu Directory

If you provide tutoring or resources for GRE, GMAT, SAT, IELTS or any other exam, get your website listed in our Edu-Directory for FREE

airy - Dictionary definition and meaning for airy

AIRY

(adj.) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
"figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away", "aerial fancies", "an airy apparition", "physical rather than ethereal forms"
synonyms : aerial , aeriform , aery , ethereal
In the middle of the night she was confronted with an airy apparition. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
"airy gauze curtains"
The airy gauze curtains failed to shield them from the sun. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) not practical or realizable; speculative
"airy theories about socioeconomic improvement", "visionary schemes for getting rich"
synonyms : impractical , laputan , visionary , windy
He was always full of airy schemes for getting rich. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) open to or abounding in fresh air
"airy rooms"
synonyms : aired
The airy apartment was a welcome change for them. -added by naila_inlas

Selected Mnemonic for airy

(Tag: Global) air + y; air itself relates to the meaning;
added by sriharisharma

Searched 37 times in total

Account Login

Forgot your password ?

New to Mnemonic Dictionary?