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
Johnson talked of “our concerns with the governance of the state of California,” which he airily blamed for “complicity ... in the scope of disaster.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025
I spoke with her teacher about both of these issues, and she airily said things were now fine socially and was nitpicky about my daughter’s academics.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2020
The two old friends talked airily of retiring together and riding off into the sunset.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2020
"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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