airily
Example Sentences
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This led me to be very wary of people airily predicting that democracy was finished, and made me alive to the way that, paradoxically, such nightmares can actually damage democracy.
From Salon • May 7, 2025
I told my story light and airily, but it was heavy when it happened.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
As for Mr. Heath, Mr. McManus puts a similarly positive gloss on things, talking airily about his affection for his former boss until reminded of his own words in the play’s program notes.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021
They complain, as many people in their age cohort do, rather airily about “capitalism.”
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2021
"He's Waltyr, not Walder," Big Walder said airily.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing airily
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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