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  • 121buoyance — buoyancy / buoyance [n1] lightness in weight airiness, ethereality, floatability, levity, weightlessness; concept 734 Ant. heaviness buoyancy / buoyance [n2] lightness in spirit animation, bounce, cheerfulness, cheeriness, ebullience,… …

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  • 122delicacy — [n1] daintiness, fineness of structure airiness, debility, diaphaneity, elegance, etherealness, exquisiteness, fragility, frailness, frailty, gossameriness, infirmity, lightness, slenderness, smoothness, softness, subtlety, tenderness, tenuity,… …

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  • 123airily — airy ► ADJECTIVE (airier, airiest) 1) spacious and well ventilated. 2) light as air; delicate. 3) casual; dismissive. DERIVATIVES airily adverb airiness noun …

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  • 124airy — ► ADJECTIVE (airier, airiest) 1) spacious and well ventilated. 2) light as air; delicate. 3) casual; dismissive. DERIVATIVES airily adverb airiness noun …

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  • 125aery — I noun 1. the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) • Syn: ↑aerie, ↑eyrie, ↑eyry • Hypernyms: ↑bird s nest, ↑bird nest, ↑birdnest 2 …

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  • 126aired — adjective open to or abounding in fresh air airy rooms • Syn: ↑airy • Similar to: ↑ventilated • Derivationally related forms: ↑air (for: ↑airy) …

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  • 127airy — adj. (airier, airiest) 1 well ventilated, breezy. 2 flippant, superficial. 3 a light as air. b graceful, delicate. 4 insubstantial, ethereal, immaterial. Phrases and idioms: airy fairy colloq. unrealistic, impractical, foolishly idealistic.… …

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  • 128capaciousness — noun 1. intellectual breadth the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess • Syn: ↑roominess • Hypernyms: ↑breadth, ↑comprehensiveness, ↑ …

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