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airily

[air-uh-lee] / ˈɛər ə li /






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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

“I’m so tired of subjectivity/I must justify my presence by losing it.” she sang, airily, on “Female Vampire,” a 2016 single.

From New York Times Mar. 10, 2022

They complain, as many people in their age cohort do, rather airily about “capitalism.”

From Slate Sep. 1, 2021

“Dunno what yeh’re talkin’ about,” said Hagrid airily, fetching more cups from the dresser.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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