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airy-fairy
[ air-ee-fair-ee ]
adjective
- Informal. delicate or lovely:
an airy-fairy actress;
an airy-fairy nightgown.
- Informal. not based on reality or concerned with mundane affairs; unrealistic:
He'd better get rid of those airy-fairy ideas about spending a fortune that isn't even his.
- Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
airy-fairy
/ ˈɛərɪˈfɛərɪ /
adjective
- informal.fanciful and unrealistic
an airy-fairy scheme
- delicate to the point of being insubstantial; light
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Example Sentences
Nothing of the tootsey-wootsey about her foot, and nothing of the airy-fairy trifle about her slipper.
The airy fairy fancies of happy Dreamland never grow old; they, like the glorious stars above us, are always young.
There is nothing more beautiful than the airy-fairy soap-bubble with its everchanging colors.
The happiness of those lovely little airy fairy creatures was without alloy.
I congratulate you and Mrs. Starbuck also on airy fairy Lilian, who makes, I believe, the third.
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