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airlier

airlier is the comparative form of airly.

Meaning of airly

Adverb

airly (comparative airlier, superlative airliest)

  1. (dialectal) early
    • The winter had set in airly, and the snow had lain deep for months, and the game of the woods had got pretty well starved out.1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes

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Questions about airlier

What is airlier the comparative form of?
Airlier is the comparative form of airly.

Words near airlier in the dictionary

  1. airless
  2. airlessly
  3. airlessness
  4. airletter
  5. airletters
  6. airlier
  7. airliest
  8. airlift
  9. airlifted
  10. airlifter
  11. airlifters

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