airy

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Of, relating to, or having the constitution of air.
2. adj. High in the air; lofty.
3. adj. Open to the air: airy chambers.
4. adj. Performed in the air; aerial.
5. adj. Immaterial; illusory: an airy apparition.
6. adj. Speculative, impractical, or vacuous: airy theories about socioeconomic improvement.
7. adj. Light or delicate: an airy dress.
8. adj. Haughty or affected: dismissed us with an airy wave of the hand.
9. adj. Light-hearted; merry: an airy mood.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Consisting of or having the character of air; immaterial; ethereal.
2. Relating or belonging to the air; being in the air; aërial.
3. Open to a free current of air; breezy: as, an airy situation.
4. Light as air; intangible; unsubstantial; empty; unreal; flimsy: as, airy ghosts.
5. Visionary; speculative: as, airy notions; an airy metaphysician.
6. Graceful; delicate.
7. Light in manner or movement; sprightly; gay; lively.
8. Jaunty; full of airs; affectedly lofty; pretentious.
9. In painting, showing that proper recession of all parts which expresses distance and atmosphere. Synonyms Airy, Aérial, aëriform. Airy is more open to figurative meanings than aerial. The latter is the more exact word in other respects; it applies to the air as atmosphere: as, aérial navigation. Airy applies rather to air in motion, and to that which has the qualities, literal or imagined, of air.
10. n. An old and better spelling of aery.
11. n. A provincial form of area.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
2. adj. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
3. adj. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
4. adj. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
5. adj. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
6. adj. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
7. adj. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
8. adj. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
9. adj. painting Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Consisting of air
2. adj. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aërial.
3. adj. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
4. adj. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
5. adj. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
6. adj. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
7. adj. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
8. adj. colloq. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
9. adj. (Paint.) Having the light and aërial tints true to nature.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. open to or abounding in fresh air
2. adj. having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
3. adj. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
4. adj. not practical or realizable; speculative.