airy vs sad

airy

adj
  • Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful. 

  • light-hearted; vivacious 

  • Having the light and aerial tints true to nature. 

  • an airy situation 

  • Spacious, well lit, well ventilated. 

  • Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial. 

  • Consisting of air. 

  • Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike. 

  • Not based on reality; having no solid foundation 

  • Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. 

  • Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy. 

sad

adj
  • Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. 

  • Soggy (to refer to pastries). 

  • Causing sorrow; lamentable. 

  • Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull. 

  • Appearing sorrowful. 

  • Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor. 

  • Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable. 

How often have the words airy and sad occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )