airily
pronunciation
How to pronounce airily in British English:
UK [ˈeərəli]
How to pronounce airily in American English:
US [ˈerəli]
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- Adverb:
- in a flippant manner
Word Origin
- airily (adv.)
- 1766, from airy "with ostentatious air" (see air (n.2)) + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. His emphasis was on investment as the motor of the economy ; but influential us keynesians airily dismissed this as a peculiarity of keynes .
- 2. Yukio hatoyama , the prime minister , airily talks of healing japan 's fiscal crisis with fraternal politics . He has appointed a blathering anti-capitalist to oversee the banks .
- 3. In 1793 the emperor qianlong airily dismissed the emissary of king george iii on the grounds that china was the self-sufficient centre of the world and had no conceivable need of imports .
- 4. He bathes in the now crystalline thames and spends a day in what used to be the british museum , airily discussing life and politics .