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Significados de airiness em inglês

The property of something weightless and insubstantial.

Lightness in movement or manner.

Uso de airiness em inglês
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But answering her banter he once caught an expression behind her airiness.
If Winter Comes
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In the sculpture and decorative friezes, an effect of airiness has been achieved.
The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition / A P...
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She was awe-stricken by the grandeur-thelargeness and airiness of her new surroundings.
The Golden Calf
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It hath a beautiful front: beautiful from its lightness and airiness of effect.
A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France an...
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His poetry usually has the qualities of lightness, airiness, and fancifulness.
History of American Literature
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The airiness of the walls was a relief to him after the infected room.
The Mermaid: A Love Tale
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Stables and neat-houses were the perfection of cleanliness and airiness.
In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
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Dorothy Roden was not slow of speech, but she touched topics with less airiness.
Roden's Corner
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It's all right, Green dismissed the matter with an airiness that was curiously final.
The Obstacle Race
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Victoria called a few times, her pretexts growing more forced and her airiness less convincing.
The irresistible henry house
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The subject was changed, but the airiness of tone and lightness of speech was gone.
The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
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The first gulp had the airiness of cotton candy and the sourness of French bread.
Robin and ruby
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The sunlight melds with the pale pastels to create a bright airiness I find soothing.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
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We rambled over all the apartments of this agreeable edifice, characterised by airiness and simplicity.
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents
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At that she said, with an incomprehensible airiness: Good-night.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1.
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My name," said the stranger, with glib airiness, "is Count L'Estrange."
The Midnight Queen
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