AIRY-FAIRY Meaning of AIRY-FAIRY in English [airy-fairy] adj (1869) 1 chiefly Brit: delicate, fairylike 2. chiefly Brit: lacking substance or purpose "in ... an ~, unserious, insufficiently careful fashion --Times Lit. Supp." Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012