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All he has to do, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon airily, is to persuade the United Nations that he isn't a terrorist.

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He stuck it in his belt and turned on his heels, calling airily over his shoulder.

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006

"O well," airily, "if you will have it, we were just coming to dig for corpses;" and she tossed her head with an independent air.

The Rhodesian Gertrude Page 1897

"Not at all," airily: "a well-known aeronaut, who has recently beaten the distance-record, and is looking remarkably well in spite of his advanced years, was among the distinguished guests!"

Winding Paths Gertrude Page 1897

Any failures that popped up were airily dismissed because Klein was fine-tuning the mechanism.

Joel Klein's snow job Valerie Strauss 2011

The heavy brogans on the man's feet made him appear clumsy-footed, but he swung down from the giddy height as lightly and airily as a mountain goat.

All Gold Cañon 2010

An evolutionist may airily assert that the bacterium, by a lot of intermittent steps, has gained a “little hair” to move about with, so that it will have a better chance of survival than its kind.

Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

Then the canopy of heaven became a mighty loom, wherein imperial purple and deep sea-green blended, wove, and interwove, with blazing woof and flashing warp, till the most delicate of tulles, fluorescent and bewildering, was daintily and airily shaken in the face of the astonished night.

CHAPTER 18 2010

Frank Smith, the chief priest of Whole Word, airily announced that people can learn 50,000 or even 100,000 sight-words.

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An evolutionist may airily assert that the bacterium, by a lot of intermittent steps, has gained a “little hair” to move about with, so that it will have a better chance of survival than its kind.

Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011