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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "pongipongi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "airoso"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"word": "awelog"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "breezy, in an airy situation",
"tags": [
"South"
],
"word": "temprus"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "bezstarostný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "nonšalantní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "ležérní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "povrchní"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "ilmava"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "oberflächlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "unbeständig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "sorglos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "lebhaft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "sorgenfrei"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aerátos",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "αεράτος"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "aerach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "light of heart, superficial",
"word": "alluaiceach"
}
],
"word": "airy"
}
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