airily

Adverb

Meaning

In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; flippantly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

flippantly jauntily easily slightly readily lightly happily brightly casually carelessly delicately cheerfully indifferently pleasantly gaily
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Antonyms

dramatically continuously densely angrily acutely darkly
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Related terms

air

Examples

Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!" An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady. Margaret Mitchell

Oh, he's rude to everyone," said Isabelle airily. "It's what makes him so damn sexy. Cassandra Clare

Tell me, is he always really rude, or does he save that for mundanes?" "Oh, he's rude to everyone," said Isabelle airily. "It's what makes him so damn sexy. That and he's killed more demons than anyone else his age. Cassandra Clare

Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book. Bernard Cornwell

Not surprisingly, some of the super-rich declined to join the Patriotic Millionaires when the Agenda Project reached out to them. At least two airily dismissed the Bush tax cuts for millionaires and above - which will cost well over $700 billion over the coming decade - as small potatoes. Joe Conason

he answered the reporters' questions flippantly Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

airiferous airify airigh airiness airing airing cupboard