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airiness|ˈɛərɪnɪs|
[f. airy a. + -ness.]
The quality of being airy (in various senses).
1. Unsubstantiality like that of the air.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 40 The same is altogether nothing but the airiness of thinking.
2. Openness to the air; breeziness.
1742Bailey, Airiness, lying open to the Air.
3. Lightness or sprightliness of motion.
1731Bailey, Airiness, briskness, liveliness. 1779Johnson L.P. Wks. 1816 X. 164 His numbers..commonly want airiness, lightness, and facility. 1826H. Coleridge West Indies 78 The bird has the advantage..in airiness and motion. 1846T. Wright Mid. Ages I. vii. 249 The elves and fairies in all their frolicsome airiness.
4. Sprightliness of personal manner.
1711Addison Spect. No. 45 ⁋5 Gaiety and Airiness of Temper. 1857Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 16 Airiness and good spirits are always delightful.
5. Graceful delicacy or lightness of style.
1794Mathias Pursuits of Lit. (1798) 336 More fancy and airiness of design. 1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets (1863) 181 His peculiar grace and airiness of diction. |