Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Exposure to a free current of air; openness to the air: as, the airiness of a country-seat.
- noun Unsubstantiality, like that of air.
- noun Delicacy and lightness; ethereality.
- noun Sprightliness of motion or manner; gaiety; jauntiness; vanity; affectation: as, the airiness of young persons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air.
- noun Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Light or
airy in quality or manner. - noun
insubstantiality
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air
- noun lightness in movement or manner
- noun the property of something weightless and insubstantial
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Examples
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Stuart exhibited what is known in America as "airiness," and evidently loved to talk of his prowess.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
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Client commented their friends and relatives like the 'airiness' of the space.
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Safdie's open, light-filled design befits an organization dedicated to the better angels of our nature -- the building, faced in acid-etched precast concrete with the warm tone of limestone and featuring two soaring atria fronted by windows and covered by a glass roof in the shape of a flying dove -- has the grandeur of a typical D.C. landmark but exhibits an airiness unusual in the stone slabs of the city's monuments.
Katherine Gustafson: New on the Mall: A Fitting Monument to Peacemaking
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"It's all messaging," Carie says under her breath, seeing an analogy between the gravity of her work and the airiness of Oscar week.
For filmmakers behind documentary on terrorism, a strange journey to Hollywood
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Safdie's open, light-filled design befits an organization dedicated to the better angels of our nature -- the building, faced in acid-etched precast concrete with the warm tone of limestone and featuring two soaring atria fronted by windows and covered by a glass roof in the shape of a flying dove -- has the grandeur of a typical D.C. landmark but exhibits an airiness unusual in the stone slabs of the city's monuments.
Katherine Gustafson: New on the Mall: A Fitting Monument to Peacemaking
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Safdie's open, light-filled design befits an organization dedicated to the better angels of our nature -- the building, faced in acid-etched precast concrete with the warm tone of limestone and featuring two soaring atria fronted by windows and covered by a glass roof in the shape of a flying dove -- has the grandeur of a typical D.C. landmark but exhibits an airiness unusual in the stone slabs of the city's monuments.
Katherine Gustafson: New on the Mall: A Fitting Monument to Peacemaking
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Nicky Bonne for The Wall Street Journal In his new stagings, Mr. Hübbe has found qualities lurking behind, or below, the general airiness.
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I'm also loving caftans and chiffon pieces--I'm craving airiness.
Meredith Barnett: Ella Moss' Creative Director Schools Us On Beachy, Girly Glamour
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He has found qualities lurking behind, or below, the general airiness.
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I'm also loving caftans and chiffon pieces--I'm craving airiness.
Meredith Barnett: Ella Moss' Creative Director Schools Us On Beachy, Girly Glamour
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