airily

English

Etymology

From airy +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɹ.ə.li/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adverb

airily (comparative more airily, superlative most airily)

  1. In an airy manner.
  2. lightly
    Synonyms: gaily, jauntily, flippantly
    • 2025 April 9, Quinta Jurecic, “What, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?”, in The Atlantic:
      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.

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