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nonairy en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + airy.

Meanings

1. Not airy. (any sense)
   • Meaning that is a matter of language and meaning that is a matter of use or context of utterance need to be distinguished in a principled nonairy manner. 2016, PP Giridhar, “Taprooting translation: Reflections on the epistemology of translation”, in GSTF Journal on Education:
   • The fruits are stored in warm, dark, nonairy enclosures for curing and for increasing the flavor before bringing the fruits to the market. 2022, Khashti Dasila, Dheeraj Shootha, Mithilesh Singh, “Machilus edulis: An underutilized wild edible fruit species of North-eastern Himalaya, India”, in Tarun Belwal, Indra D. Bhatt, Hari Prasad Devkota, editor, Himalayan Fruits and Berries, page 233:
   • she must use another, nonairy “vessel" to prepare WS for her divine dispensation. 1979, Geoffrey Aggeler, Anthony Burgess: The Artist as Novelist, page 76:

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