Airless
['eəlɪs] or ['ɛrləs]
Definition
(adj.) lacking fresh air; 'a dusty airless attic'; 'the dreadfully close atmosphere'; 'hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke' .
Typed by Lena--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.
Checker: Nellie
Examples
- I hear the croaking of frogs, faint and far off, and the echoes of the great clock hum in the airless calm long after the strokes have ceased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- From that room, too, the daylight was completely excluded, and it had an airless smell that was oppressive. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Checker: Nellie