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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

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

When two newspapers reported he had accepted diamonds from self-proclaimed Central African Emperor Bokassa I, Giscard airily refused comment and stopped reading them.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2020

“A permit for you to initial, Director,” he said as airily as possible, and laid the paper on the writing-table.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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