airy

«airy» in Mova's school dictionary: Full of fresh air and space, light and open — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (airy, airier, airiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Full of fresh air and space, light and open. tree →

2) Light and delicate, like air. tree →

3) Not serious, careless, as in an airy wave of the hand. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used for rooms and houses (a bright, airy classroom), for food (airy bread or mousse), and about manners (an airy reply). Phrases: light and airy, airy-fairy (UK informal: vague and unrealistic).

examples

• Our new classroom is bright and airy. tree →
• The cake was light and airy. tree →
• She gave an airy wave and walked off. tree →
• Open the windows to make the room airy. tree →
• His plans sound a bit airy-fairy to me. tree →
• The airy tent was cool in the summer heat. tree →
• These loose, airy wool-flowers are very beautiful, and look like fine snowy feathers or down. tree →

note

Comparative airier, superlative airiest (y to i). "Airy-fairy" is informal UK and Australian for impractical. Do not confuse with "hairy" or "eerie".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «airy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.