Слово "airily". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Coming through the clear, sunny atmosphere among the green tree-tops, I thought it had sounded airily and sweetly; and the effect on my companions was the stranger.

He went back to bed but didn't sleep for a long time. In spite of how lousy he felt in the morning, breakfast tasted good. After a moment's hesitation, he followed his customary bowl of cornflakes with scrambled eggs. He was grumpily washing out the pan when Cindy came downstairs in her robe. "Richard Morrison! You haven't eaten an egg for break-fast since Hector was a pup. Morrison grunted. He considered since Hector was a pup to be one of Cindy's stupider sayings, on a par with I should smile and kiss a pig. "Have you smoked yet?" she asked, pouring orange juice. "No." "You'll be back on them by noon," she proclaimed airily. "Lot of goddamn help you are!" he rasped, rounding on her. "You and anyone else who doesn't smoke, you all think ah, never mind." He expected her to be angry, but she was looking at him F with something like wonder. "You're really serious," she said. "You really are." "You bet I am. " You'll never know how serious. I hope. "Poor baby," she said, going to him. "You look like death warmed over. But I'm very proud." Morrison held her tightly.

Presently the chambers gave up their fair tenants one after another: each came out gaily and airily, with dress that gleamed lustrous through the dusk.

He went back to bed but didn't sleep for a long time. In spite of how lousy he felt in the morning, breakfast tasted good. After a moment's hesitation, he followed his customary bowl of cornflakes with scrambled eggs. He was grumpily washing out the pan when Cindy came downstairs in her robe. "Richard Morrison! You haven't eaten an egg for break-fast since Hector was a pup. Morrison grunted. He considered since Hector was a pup to be one of Cindy's stupider sayings, on a par with I should smile and kiss a pig. "Have you smoked yet?" she asked, pouring orange juice. "No." "You'll be back on them by noon," she proclaimed airily. "Lot of goddamn help you are!" he rasped, rounding on her. "You and anyone else who doesn't smoke, you all think ah, never mind." He expected her to be angry, but she was looking at him F with something like wonder. "You're really serious," she said. "You really are." "You bet I am. " You'll never know how serious. I hope. "Poor baby," she said, going to him. "You look like death warmed over. But I'm very proud." Morrison held her tightly.

“An apt observation,” he answered airily.