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

aeries plural

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

Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

In his typical French form down to the time of Gottsched, he was a spirit of the air, deriving thence his invisibility and his characteristically light and aery whirlings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

With incredible velocity—for he is winged with good news—he flashes through the air, in his "aery wheels" exultingly waving his "flaming, keen, two-edged sword."

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den