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Grammar : Noun
Spell : air-ee-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛər i nɪs



Definition of airiness

  • As in lightness : noun the state of being light
  • As in buoyancy/buoyance : noun lightness in weight
  • As in delicacy : noun daintiness, fineness of structure
Example sentences :
  • Stables and neat-houses were the perfection of cleanliness and airiness.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • The airiness of the walls was a relief to him after the infected room.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • Yet acuteness of psychology is never sacrificed to airiness of style.
  • Extract from : « Modernities » by Horace Barnett Samuel
  • It is not for me to strive to be wafted away into the airiness of an Angel.
  • Extract from : « Glimpses of Bengal » by Sir Rabindranath Tagore
  • At the mention of "Ned Napier" the clerk's airiness disappeared.
  • Extract from : « The Air Ship Boys » by H.L. Sayler
  • Nothing could exceed the airiness of this pretty contrivance.
  • Extract from : « The World and Its People: Book VII » by Anna B. Badlam
  • "I am not the sort of wife you want," she said, with an attempt of airiness.
  • Extract from : « The Virginian » by Owen Wister
  • A ceiling, if lighter in tone than the walls, gives a sense of airiness to a room.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Interior Decoration » by Grace Wood
  • But answering her banter he once caught an expression behind her airiness.
  • Extract from : « If Winter Comes » by A.S.M. Hutchinson
  • For all its airiness, his verse was thrown off by a mind no stranger to thought and research.
  • Extract from : « Shelley » by Sydney Waterlow

Synonyms for airiness

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