a. Obs. [f. AIR sb. + -LY1. Cf. earth-ly, heaven-ly.] Of air; of the nature of air; aerial.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., II. xix. (1495), 46. Fendes ben callyd ayrly beestes · for they lyue in kynde of bodies that ben ayrly.
1477. Norton, Ord. Alch., in Ashm. (1652), V. 76. Ayre … which bare up Erth with his Aierly might.
1582. Batman, Barth. De P. R., IV. i. 24. It turneth what is earthly into watrye, and watrye into airely, and airely into firie.
