airily
In offhand fashion
Airily means in a light, breezy, or unconcerned manner.
Someone who speaks airily dismisses concerns casually or affects nonchalance: She airily waved off their objections.
The word can suggest genuine ease or a performance of it—sometimes with a hint of dismissiveness that borders on arrogance.
Cheerful and without worry
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- jauntyLively and self-assured
- insouciantCarefree and unconcerned
- nonchalantCalmly unconcerned
cheerful · buoyant · easygoing · playful · whimsical · sprightly · merry · gleeful
With little weight
- delicatelyIn a careful, subtle manner
- elegantlyWith tasteful grace
- deftlyWith nimble precision
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
fluid · effortlessly · smoothly · ethereally · weightlessly · gossamer · buoyantly · lithely
Floating through air
- billowingPuffing out dramatically
- flutteringLight, rapid movement
- driftingMoving without purpose
- floatingStaying atop liquid
ventilated · windswept · gusty · freshly · coolly · lightly · open · spacious
Carelessly disrespectful
- cavalierDismissively unconcerned
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
scornful · derisive · contemptuous · aloof · detached · blasé · glib · offhand
lighthearted
Cheerful and without worry
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- jauntyLively and self-assured
- insouciantCarefree and unconcerned
nonchalant · cheerful · buoyant · easygoing · playful · whimsical · sprightly · merry · gleeful · frolicsome
lightly
With little weight
- delicatelyIn a careful, subtle manner
- elegantlyWith tasteful grace
- deftlyWith nimble precision
nimble · fluid · effortlessly · smoothly · ethereally · weightlessly · gossamer · buoyantly · lithely · softly
wafting
Floating through air
- billowingPuffing out dramatically
- flutteringLight, rapid movement
- driftingMoving without purpose
floating · ventilated · windswept · gusty · freshly · coolly · lightly · open · spacious · drafty
flippant
Carelessly disrespectful
- cavalierDismissively unconcerned
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
supercilious · scornful · derisive · contemptuous · aloof · detached · blasé · glib · offhand · breezily
- adverbs of easeeasily, smoothly, effortlessly, naturally, seamlessly
airilyheavily
With great weight
ponderously · weightily · leadenly · lumberingly · cumbersomely
airilylistlessly
Without energy or interest
wearily · sluggishly · lethargically · tiredly · heavily
- airing outExposing to fresh atmosphere
- airing grievances
- airing dirty laundry
- airing one's dirty laundry in publicRevealing private matters openly
- airing of grievancesExpressing accumulated complaints