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# airy

adjective (airy, airier, airiest)

«airy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Full of fresh air and space, light and open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#m1)
2. Light and delicate, like air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#m2)
3. Not serious, careless, as in an airy wave of the hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#x1)
- The cake was light and airy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#x2)
- She gave an airy wave and walked off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#x3)
- Open the windows to make the room airy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#x4)
- His plans sound a bit airy-fairy to me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#x5)
- The airy tent was cool in the summer heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#x6)
- These loose, airy wool-flowers are very beautiful, and look like fine snowy feathers or down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «airy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«airy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/airy.html) on Mova free.