airy-fairy

air·y-fair·y

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [air-ee fair-ee]
- /ˈɛər i ˈfɛər i/
- /ˈeə.ri ˈfeə.ri/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [air-ee fair-ee]
- /ˈɛər i ˈfɛər i/

Definitions of airy-fairy word

adjective airy-fairy If you describe someone's ideas as airy-fairy, you are critical of them because you think the ideas are vague, impractical, and unrealistic. 3
adjective airy-fairy fanciful and unrealistic 3
adjective airy-fairy delicate to the point of being insubstantial; light 3
adjective airy-fairy fairylike; graceful; delicate 3
adjective airy-fairy affected, mannered, etc. 3
adjective airy-fairy not realistic; impractical; visionary 3

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Parts of speech for Airy-fairy

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airy-fairy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.