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airiness
[ air-ee-nis ]
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.
airiness
/ ˈɛərɪnɪs /
noun
- the quality or condition of being fresh, light, or breezy
- lightness of heart; gaiety
Example Sentences
It complements the strengths of the driver—detail, clarity, realism—by adding a natural sense of airiness and space to the music.
And about him there was a gaiety, an airiness of spirit, an atmosphere of enjoyment which bespoke one who is in love with life.
He left me at last to dance with Katy, who makes up in grace and airiness what she lacks in knowledge.
The second basin is supported on a forest of slender columns which give an airiness and a necessary lightness to the whole.
He laughed again, and, dismissing the subject with airiness somewhat exaggerated, drew out his huge gilt snuffbox.
There is an airiness and transparency in that corner of the canvass, which we in vain seek elsewhere.
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