airyadjective
uk/ˈeə.ri/us/ˈer.i/airy adjective (LIGHT)
approving with a lot of light and space:
The new offices are light and airy.
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Comfortable and uncomfortable
- be in your element idiom
- be like a fish out of water idiom
- be out of your element idiom
- be/feel at home idiom
- belong
- civilization
- comfortable
- comfortably
- comfy
- cosily
- cosiness
- cosy
- cozily
- curl
- hunker down
- lived in idiom
- nestle
- primitive
- settle
- snuggle
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airy adjective (DELICATE)
delicate, as if full of air:
a light, airy fabric
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Light and weightless
- (as) light as a feather idiom
- be (as) light as a feather idiom
- ethereal
- feather
- floaty
- fluffy
- foamy
- frothy
- insubstantial
- lather
- light
- lightness
- lightweight
- portable
- sheer
- weightless
- wispy
airy adjective (NOT SERIOUS)
showing no worry or serious thought:
"I don't care - you choose," he said, with an airy wave of the hand.
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Not showing careful thought
- cuff
- flip
- flippant
- frivolity
- frivolous
- ill-conceived
- incautious
- lightweight
- off the cuff idiom
- pat
- preconceived
- shallow
- shoot
- shoot from the hip idiom
- skin-deep
- superficial
- thoughtless
- unconsidered
- unthinking
- wild
airily
adverb uk/ˈeə.rəl.i/us/ˈer.əl.i/
"He can do what he likes - it doesn't bother me," she said airily.
airiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈeə.ri.nəs/us/ˈer.i.nəs/approving