He airily dismissed Jaccoud's lack of alibi: "Only criminals have alibis.

They were the regular sort of shapes that Granny dismissed airily as jommetry-cubes, many-sided diamonds, cones, even a globe.

When asked specifics about a policy he airily dismisses the question - "I will let my advisor decide the specifics of a policy".

It was after eleven when they left the restaurant and parted, Monty airily dismissing Anna's offer of a lift.

Hand in pocket, the Commissioner assumed his slow, regal gait as he made his way to the steps, airily dismissing reporters' questions about his plans.

'Ah,' Thella said, airily dismissing that consideration.

In this way he goaded and tried to rattle Bush, who airily dismissed these devices as "an old high school debating trick."

Before Mr. Brooks so airily dismisses the anguish that the Bush administration has visited on the American people, perhaps he should make a few more phone calls.

In my early 30's, I airily dismissed memoirs by Irving Howe and Alfred Kazin.

Reporters must fight for every scrap of information or confirmation, and after all the hard work casual readers may airily dismiss the result as lacking a smoking gun.