ethereality

noun

Definition of etherealitynext
as in airiness

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  1. airiness
  2. lightness
  3. weightlessness
Noun
  • Light and midtone shades of blue add a sense of airiness to small kitchens.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 16 July 2026
  • Without the armrests on one side, the silhouette creates airiness, something that’s crucial in a couch for a small space.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
Definition of airiness
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  • What character does is govern how a person understands and inhabits these qualities with humanity, with justice, with humility, with the appropriate lightness of not confusing oneself for one’s category.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • And thanks to the lightness of the design, this sofa will also never look too heavy or oversized for your living room.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026
Definition of lightness
Noun
  • Le Teint Healthy Glow has the weightlessness of a powder paired with the skin perfecting qualities of a liquid.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 29 July 2026
  • Once operational, the vehicle is expected to support microgravity experiments, allowing researchers to study how materials, fluids and biological samples behave during short periods of near weightlessness.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
Definition of weightlessness
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