aery

¹ American  

[air-ee, ey-uh-ree] / ˈɛər i, ˈeɪ ə ri /

Or aëry

adjective

aerier, aeriest

1. ethereal; aerial.

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aery ² American  

[air-ee, eer-ee] / ˈɛər i, ˈɪər i /

noun

plural

aeries

1. aerie.

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aery ¹ British  

/ ˈeɪərɪ, ˈɛərɪ /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of airy

2. lofty, insubstantial, or visionary

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aery ² British  

/ ˈɛərɪ, ˈɪərɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of eyrie

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Other Word Forms

• aerily
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of aery

1580–90; < Latin āerius < Greek āérios, equivalent to āer- aer- + -ios adj. suffix

Example Sentences

Even before she had a chance to take over the Maryland Governor's chair last month, Shaila Aery confronted her first crisis: two guards held hostage in a state prison uprising.

From Time Magazine Archive

Breezes, trills of songbirds warbling with a breast that wells, All that lives and makes the forest ring retells The melody I murmur to my tall reed-grasses, Aery music that its spirit glasses.

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various

Mary a most cheerful and pleasing young woman married to a young man Aery Gridley, a carpenter and also farmer, a steady active young man not too good for her.

From A Journey to America in 1834 by Heywood, Robert