Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling air.

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  • adjective Resembling air, gaseous.

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  • adjective resembling air or having the form of air

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Examples

  • For, inasmuch as they have but little heat, the very motion of the lung, airlike and void, suffices by itself to cool them for

    On the Parts of Animals 2002

  • But as he kissed the milk of her skin, the soft, almost airlike coolness of it just brushing his lips, he also inhaled a scent so wonderful that for a moment he could not move.

    Lilith’s Dream: A Tale of the Vampire Life Whitley Strieber 2002

  • But as he kissed the milk of her skin, the soft, almost airlike coolness of it just brushing his lips, he also inhaled a scent so wonderful that for a moment he could not move.

    Lilith’s Dream: A Tale of the Vampire Life Whitley Strieber 2002

  • Aura is derived from the Greek word for air, because the aura is in intimate, direct contact with the airlike ether, or ethereal energy, that permeates the universe.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • Aura is derived from the Greek word for air, because the aura is in intimate, direct contact with the airlike ether, or ethereal energy, that permeates the universe.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

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