Ethereal (4 letters)

{ Answer }

AIRY

{ Related Clues }

Breezy
Delicate
Flippant
Insubstantial
Light
Open
Sprightly
Unsubstantial
Light as a feather
Light or lighthearted
Light and open
Light; unsubstantial
Not stuffy
Subject to breezes
Well ventilated
Well-ventilated

{ Tags }

airy, breezes, breezy, delicate, ethereal, feather, flippant, graceful, insubstantial, light, lighthearted, like, not, open, sprightly, stuffy, subject, unsubstantial, ventilated, vivacious, well

{ Notes }

The answer AIRY is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.

{ Definition }

AIRY as an adjective:

1. (aired, airy) = open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms"

2. (airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy) = not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"

3. having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"

4. (aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal) = characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"