Ethereal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible.
  • adj. Highly refined; delicate. See Synonyms at airy.
  • adj. Of the celestial spheres; heavenly.
  • adj. Not of this world; spiritual.
  • adj. Chemistry Of or relating to ether.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
  • adj. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
  • adj. Delicate, light and airy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial
  • adj. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
  • adj. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Formed of or containing or filled with ether (sense 1); hence, relating or belonging to the heavens or heaven; heavenly; celestial; spiritual: as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
  • Figuratively, having the characteristics of ether or air; light, intangible, etc.
  • Existing in the air; resembling air; looking blue like the sky; aërial: as, “ethereal mountains,”
  • In physics, of, pertaining to, or having the constitution of ether (sense 2).
  • In chem., of or pertaining to an ether or to ether: as, “ethereal liquids,”
  • Same as volatile oil (which see, under volatile). Synonyms Airy, aerial, empyreal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of heaven or the spirit
  • adj. of or containing or dissolved in ether
  • adj. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
  • adj. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
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    celestial    tenuous    spiritlike   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    heavenly    unearthly    angelic    luminous    unreal    radiant    airy    shadowy    misty    mystical