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 George Alfred Townsend 1877
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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 Katherine Gustafson 2011
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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 2011
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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 Katherine Gustafson 2011
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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 Katherine Gustafson 2011
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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.
Denmark's Royal Tour de Force J. S. Marcus 2011
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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 Meredith Barnett 2011
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He has found qualities lurking behind, or below, the general airiness.
A Reinvigorated Danish Ballet J. S. Marcus 2011
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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 Meredith Barnett 2011
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