Airy or airy ( pronounced air ee ) means letting in air, or with room for air to circulate--
This room is nice and airy when all of the windows are open.
Airy may also be used figuratively, to mean light and breezy--
She dismissed his objections with an airy manner.
Aerie or aerie ( pronounced to rhyme with airy or with eerie ) means the nest of an eagle or hawk, built in a high, remote place--
The photographer had to scale a cliff to get to the eagle's aerie.
They built a platform on top of the tree, hoping a hawk would use it as an aerie.
Eerie or eerie ( pronounced ee ree ) means unearthly or scary, as in a ghost story--
The new movie promises to be an eerie tale of the supernatural.
The eerie sound was really just the howling of the wind.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"The breeze in the room made it feel airy, as a treetop aerie might be, including the eerie howl of the wind."
Note--"Erie" ( rhymes with eerie ) is a city in Pennsylvania, or one of the Great Lakes--
Lake Erie borders on Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Michigan, and Canada.
Note # 2--"eery" is an old-fashioned spelling of "eerie"--
'Twas eery, and everyone was frightened, though some denied it.
Note # 2--"aery" is an old-fashioned spelling of "aerie".
"Aery" ( pronounced airy or AA er ee ) means light, ethereal, or unsubstantial, as mist or fog--
The lighting made the scene seem like an aery vision.
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