airy

airy: I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. unsubstantial, immaterial; well ventilated, breezy; flimsy, unreal, visionary; sprightly, light, volatile; pretentious. See insubstantiality, air, affectation. Ant., close, heavy.

II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Open to the breeze]

Syn. windy, breezy, draughty, exposed, ventilated, open, spacious, lofty, well-ventilated, atmospheric, aerial, out-of-doors, pneumatic, climatic, outdoors, in the open, fluttering.

Ant. stifling, closed*, confined.

2. [Light and gay]

Syn. flippant, sprightly, whimsical; see happy 1 , sprightly .

3. [Immaterial]

Syn. unsubstantial, intangible, ethereal, visionary; see imaginary , immaterial 2 .

4. [Delicate]

Syn. fragile, frail, thin; see dainty 1 .

III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. breezy windy, ventilated, open.

2. at high altitude lofty.

3. light delicate, gossamer, diaphanous, thin, ethereal, vaporous, sheer.

ANT.: 1. stifling. 2. sturdy, solid

IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of or relating to air: aerial, atmospheric, pneumatic. See BREATH, HIGH. 2. Imposingly high: aerial, lofty, sky-high, soaring, towering. See HIGH. 3. Exposed to or characterized by the presence of freely circulating air or wind: blowy, breezy, gusty, windy. See BREATH. 4. So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film: aerial, aery, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, sheer2, transparent, vaporous, vapory. See THICK. 5. Displaying light-hearted nonchalance: breezy, buoyant, debonair, jaunty. Informal: corky. Idiom: free and easy. See ATTITUDE, CAREFUL, GOOD.

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Synonyms:

Unsubstantial, aerial, ethereal, aeriform, thin, rare / Light, subtile, sublimated / Sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, volatile, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, gay, wanton, merry, blithe, light, light-hearted, light of heart, in spirits, in good spirits, of good cheer / Light, buoyant, graceful, flexible, pliant, lithe / Showy, gaudy, flaunting, jaunty, garish, fine / Windy, empty

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Airy — Air y, a. 1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; a[ e]rial; as, an airy flight. The airy region. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Open to a free current of air; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Airy — may refer to:*Sir George Biddell Airy, British astronomer who is the eponym of craters located on the Moon and Mars * Airy (lunar crater) * Airy (crater on Mars), the smaller crater Airy 0 within Airy defines the prime meridian of the planet *… … Wikipedia
Airy — steht für: ein Airy Scheibchen, eine andere Bezeichnung für ein Beugungsscheibchen ein Krater auf dem Mars, siehe Airy (Marskrater) eine Formel für elektromagnetische Strahlung, Airy Formel eine spezielle Funktion der Mathematik, Airy Funktion… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Airy-0 — est un cratère d impact de Mars qui définit la position du premier méridien sur cette planète. Il est situé en bordure orientale du plateau de Meridiani Planum dans la partie méridionale d Arabia Terra, par … Wikipédia en Français
airy — airy, aerial, ethereal can all mean as light and insubstantial as air. Airy seldom suggests a transcendent quality; in its widest sense it implies little more than immateriality {the poet’s pen . . . gives to airy nothing a local habitation and a … New Dictionary of Synonyms
AIRY (G. B.) — AIRY sir GEORGE BIDDELL (1801 1892) Fils aîné de William Airy, il entre, à l’âge de dix ans, au Byatt Walker’s School (Colchester), où il se fait remarquer pour son habileté manuelle. Entré au Trinity College (Cambridge, G. B.) en 1819, il en… … Encyclopédie Universelle
airy — [adj1] open to the atmosphere aerial, atmospheric, blowy, breezy, drafty, exposed, fluttering, fresh, gaseous, gusty, light, lofty, out of doors, uncluttered, vaporous, ventilated, well ventilated, windy; concept 583 Ant. close, closed,… … New thesaurus
Airy — (spr. ǟrĭ), Sir George Biddell, Astronom, geb. 27. Juli 1801 zu Alnwick in Northumberland, gest. 4. Jan. 1892 in London, studierte in Cambridge, wurde 1828 Professor und Direktor der Sternwarte daselbst und war 1836–81 Direktor der Sternwarte in… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
airy — (adj.) late 14c., of the air, made of air, from AIR (Cf. air) (n.1) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Meaning breezy is attested from 1590s; that of lively is from 1640s. Sense of vain, unsubstantial is from 1580s. Disparaging airy fairy is attested from 1920… … Etymology dictionary
Airy — Airy, G. B., Professor der Astronomie u. Director der Sternwarte zu Greenwich 1830 Nachfolger von Pond. Er schr.: Gravitation, an elementary Explanation of the principal Perturbations in the Solarsystem, Land. 1834 (deutsch von Littrow, Stuttg.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Airy — (spr. ehri), Sir George Biddell, engl. Astronom, geb. 27. Juli 1801 zu Alnwick in Northumberland, 1836 81 Direktor der Sternwarte zu Greenwich, gest. 4. Jan. 1892 zu London. »Autobiography« (1896) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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