Aerier vs Airier - What's the difference?
aerier | airier |
(aery)
(poetic) aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
* 1667 , '': Book XI, in 1801, Henry John Todd (editor), ''The Poetical Works of John Milton , Volume 3,
(airy)
Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
(painting) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
As adjectives the difference between aerier and airier
is that aerier is comparative of aery while airier is comparative of airy.aerier
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Adjective
(head)aery
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(aeries)Adjective
(er)page 349,
- The bird of Jove, ?toop'd from his aery tour, / Two birds of gaye?t plume before him drove ;