aery

¹ American  

[air-ee, ey-uh-ree] / ˈɛər i, ˈeɪ ə ri /

Or aëry

adjective

aerier, aeriest

1. ethereal; aerial.

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aery ² American  

[air-ee, eer-ee] / ˈɛər i, ˈɪər i /

noun

plural

aeries

1. aerie.

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aery ¹ British  

/ ˈeɪərɪ, ˈɛərɪ /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of airy

2. lofty, insubstantial, or visionary

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aery ² British  

/ ˈɛərɪ, ˈɪərɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of eyrie

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Other Word Forms

• aerily adverb

Etymology

Origin of aery

1580–90; < Latin āerius < Greek āérios, equivalent to āer- aer- + -ios adj. suffix

Example Sentences

And I will purge thy mortal grossness so,That thou shalt like an aery spirit go.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

Once, during the Spanish civil war, an anticlerical mob tried to destroy the building, but for all its look of aery fantasy, they could not budge a stone or dislodge a single ornament.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only to look down on her again, unseen, from his aery in the rocks over the valley!

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

Fame, if not double-faced, is double-mouthed, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds: On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

But across from my aery were no lights and no people, for that house was shuttered tight from attic to cellar, its dark front as expressionless as a blind face.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha