But answering her banter he once caught an expression behind her airiness.

In the sculpture and decorative friezes, an effect of airiness has been achieved.

She was awe-stricken by the grandeur-thelargeness and airiness of her new surroundings.

It hath a beautiful front: beautiful from its lightness and airiness of effect.

His poetry usually has the qualities of lightness, airiness, and fancifulness.

The airiness of the walls was a relief to him after the infected room.

Stables and neat-houses were the perfection of cleanliness and airiness.

Dorothy Roden was not slow of speech, but she touched topics with less airiness.

It's all right, Green dismissed the matter with an airiness that was curiously final.

Victoria called a few times, her pretexts growing more forced and her airiness less convincing.

The subject was changed, but the airiness of tone and lightness of speech was gone.

The first gulp had the airiness of cotton candy and the sourness of French bread.

The sunlight melds with the pale pastels to create a bright airiness I find soothing.

We rambled over all the apartments of this agreeable edifice, characterised by airiness and simplicity.

At that she said, with an incomprehensible airiness: Good-night.

My name," said the stranger, with glib airiness, "is Count L'Estrange."