airily

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US/ˈeɹ.ə.li/

adverb

In an airy manner.

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Meanings

adverbairily (comparative more airily, superlative most airily)

comparative more airily · superlative most airily

  1. In an airy manner.
  2. lightly

    In both those cases, the conservative majority operated similarly to how it behaved in J.G.G.—airily ignoring the danger posed by Trump’s actions to the republic and the people he has harmed.

    2025 April 9, Quinta Jurecic, “What, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?”, in The Atlantic

    Synonyms: gaily, jauntily, flippantly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverblightly

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gailyjauntilyflippantly

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a flippant manner

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flippantly
Also see
flippantly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From airy + -ly.

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Translations

Finnish ilmavasti
  • ilmavastilightly
Italian spensieratamente
  • spensieratamentelightly
Norwegian lettbent
  • lettbentlightly
Cite this entry
APA

airily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airily

MLA

“airily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airily.

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