aery
- adjective
- /ˈɛəri/
- Archaic
:
etéreo
- The ghostly forms took on an aery quality in the fading twilight.
Examples
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The poem describes dreams as aery visions, fleeting and intangible.
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The aery clouds floated gently across the sky.
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Her aery voice seemed to float effortlessly above the music.
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She wore an aery dress that danced in the breeze.
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The dancer moved with an aery grace, making her seem almost weightless on stage.
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The poet described the aery mist that floated above the valley at dawn.
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As the balloon drifted away, it became an aery dot against the vast blue sky.
Synonyms
22
8.8
Very light and delicate in a way that seems heavenly
6
3.4
Very light and delicate, often seeming to float
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7.1
Light and delicate in a way that seems not real
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9.8
Light and delicate with a feeling of something not physical
Very light and not solid like air
Antonyms
How Airy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aery, meaning light or delicate, comes from the same root as air and aerial, from the old word aer meaning 'air'. So something called aery feels 'as light as air' and not solid.