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airy
What does airy mean?
airy (adjective): spacious, well lit, well ventilated.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use airy in a sentence?
- The library is light and airy. (Tatoeba sentence #8659199 by Hybrid, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce airy?
/ˈɛɹi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does airy come from?
From air + -y.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful
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spacious, well lit, well ventilated
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not able; lacking a certain ability
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at or constituting a border or edge
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