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airily, adv.|ˈɛərɪlɪ|
[f. airy a. + -ly2.]
In an airy manner; see airy.
1. In a manner exposed to the air; thinly, lightly.
1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian vii. (1824) 566 If he had been as airily dressed as yourself. 1851Hawthorne Snow Image (1879) 23 Airily as she was clad. 1856Kane Arct. Explor. II. xi. 113 They were airily clad..and they soon crowded back into their ant-hill.
2. Lightly, delicately, etherially.
1869Daily News 15 Dec., Their details are more picturesque..more quaintly, strangely, and airily wrought.
3. After the manner of the upper air; loftily.
1879Tennyson Lover's T. 53 There be some hearts so airily built, that they..ride highly Above the perilous seas of Change and Chance.
4. With light hearts, gaily.
1833Tennyson Poems 102 Singing airily, Standing about the charmèd root.
5. With ostentatious air; jauntily.
1766T. Chalkley Wks. 264 A young Baronet..who at first behaved airily. 1856Miss Muloch John Halifax (ed. 17) 401 She rose to her feet, smiling airily. 1859Dickens T. Two Cities 121 ‘It is all the same,’ said the spy, airily, but discomfited too; ‘good day!’ |