airiness

[ air-ee-nis ]

/ ˈɛər i nɪs /

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noun

openness to the air: the airiness of a balcony facing the sea.

sprightliness of manner: a ballet marked by airiness and deft movement.

snobbishness; affectation.

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Origin of airiness

First recorded in 1735–45; airy + -ness

Words nearby airiness

airhose, air hostess, air hug, air hunger, airily, airiness, airing, air injection, air-intake, airish, air jacket

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How to use airiness in a sentence

It complements the strengths of the driver—detail, clarity, realism—by adding a natural sense of airiness and space to the music.
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And about him there was a gaiety, an airiness of spirit, an atmosphere of enjoyment which bespoke one who is in love with life.
Night and Morning, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
He left me at last to dance with Katy, who makes up in grace and airiness what she lacks in knowledge.
Family Pride|Mary J. Holmes
The second basin is supported on a forest of slender columns which give an airiness and a necessary lightness to the whole.
The Story of Perugia|Margaret Symonds

He laughed again, and, dismissing the subject with airiness somewhat exaggerated, drew out his huge gilt snuffbox.
Audrey|Mary Johnston
There is an airiness and transparency in that corner of the canvass, which we in vain seek elsewhere.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850|Various

British Dictionary definitions for airiness

airiness

/ (ˈɛərɪnɪs) /

noun

the quality or condition of being fresh, light, or breezy

lightness of heart; gaiety

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