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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Displaying light-hearted nonchalance: breezy, buoyant, debonair, jaunty. Informal : corky. Idioms: free and easy. See ATTITUDE, CAREFUL, GOOD. 2. Exposed to or characterized by the presence of freely circulating air or wind: blowy, breezy, gusty, windy. See BREATH. 3. Of or relating to air: aerial, atmospheric, pneumatic. See BREATH, HIGH. 4. So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film: aerial, aery, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, sheer2, transparent, vaporous, vapory. See THICK. 5. Imposingly high: aerial, lofty, sky-high, soaring, towering. See HIGH.
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