Associations to the word «Airily»

Wiktionary

AIRILY, adverb. In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; flippantly.

Dictionary definition

AIRILY, adverb. In a flippant manner; "he answered the reporters' questions flippantly"; "this cannot be airily explained to your children".

Wise words

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain