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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.

Origin of airiness

First recorded in 1735–45; airy + -ness

Words nearby airiness

airfreight, airglow, airhead, airhose, airily, airiness, airing, airish, airless, airlift, airlifter

Example sentences from the Web for airiness

But answering her banter he once caught an expression behind her airiness.

If Winter Comes |A.S.M. Hutchinson
It is not for me to strive to be wafted away into the airiness of an Angel.

Glimpses of Bengal |Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Laura goes off with an airiness that would do Marcia credit, and avoids any special farewell with her new sister-in-law.

Floyd Grandon's Honor |Amanda Minnie Douglas
Up in the loft, the Duke was laughing with Sparafucile about the airiness of the chamber.

Operas Every Child Should Know |Mary Schell Hoke Bacon

Yet acuteness of psychology is never sacrificed to airiness of style.

Modernities |Horace Barnett Samuel

British Dictionary definitions for airiness

airiness

/ (ˈɛərɪnɪs) /

noun

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

lightness of heart; gaiety