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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

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

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2021

“The stories are also connected by their style, which is airily suggestive,” our reviewer, Alex Preston, writes.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2021

“Oh, didn’t anyone tell you?” the mystery girl asked airily.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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