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Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.

Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem.

Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory. The General Association has a general advisory superintendence over all the ministers and churches. Trumbull.

Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.

A modification of the aëroplane, having curved surfaces, the advantages of which were first demonstrated by Lilienthal.

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.

Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In Bot., cryptogamous.

Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.

Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.

Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections. Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of his own words) agglomerative. Coleridge.

Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

(Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue. Shaking it with agile hand. Cowper.

Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns. Granville.

A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.

Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.

Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary. "Airy fame." Shak. Empty sound, and airy notions. Roscommon.

Pertaining to, or having, wings.

Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.