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.