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

And I will purge thy mortal grossness so,That thou shalt like an aery spirit go.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

Once, during the Spanish civil war, an anticlerical mob tried to destroy the building, but for all its look of aery fantasy, they could not budge a stone or dislodge a single ornament.

From Time Magazine Archive

The aery of the Yosemite eagle is the most sublimely defiant of things built by bird, or beast, or man.

From Roof and Meadow by Sharp, Dallas Lore

The room shared its aery with a broad, square veranda, trellised and vine-covered.

From Through stained glass by Chamberlain, George Agnew

The bird had fallen from an aery on a ledge high above, and being too young to fly, had fluttered down the cliff and injured itself so severely that it was likely to die.

From Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas by Various