etherealnessn.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Etherealness,..of an ethereal Quality.

1829 W. Shepherd Relig. Offices in Clouds & Sunshine 72 I would rather have it [sc. the Church] to infold itself in its own etherealness.

1833 J. Ruskin Tour Continent in Wks. (1903) II. iii. 381 For the Mont Blanc, it..of course had a magic halo thrown round it, an ætherialness that can never be joined with reality.

1845 Columbian Mag. Sept. 117/2 Robes of every description, from the royal ermine and glossy velvet with its rich heavy folds, to the silver gossamer floating like a misty veil around some figure of rare etherialness.

1847 J. Ruskin Let. 26 Aug. (1909) I. 77 It [sc. Scotch heather] almost makes up for Alpine rose, and in ætherealness and dewy purity and flush of colour is far finer.

1909 F. A. Wood Earliest Years at Vassar 26 Notman's photograph..does not convey the etherialness, the delicate spirituality of her looks.

1950 I. Litvinov tr. M. Alpatov Russ. Impact on Art iv. 66 The Church of the Ascension..has neither the passionate straining towards the sky, nor the laciness, and etherealness of the Gothic towers.

2011 Brattleboro (Vermont) Reformer (Nexis) 25 Aug. For all the etherealness of many of the paintings, I had the feeling..that I was looking below the earth at some elemental living thing.