ethereal
light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination.
extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty.
heavenly or celestial: gone to his ethereal home.
of or relating to the upper regions of space.
Chemistry. pertaining to, containing, or resembling ether.
Origin of ethereal
1- Also ae·the·re·al (for defs. 1-4) .
Other words from ethereal
- e·the·re·al·i·ty, e·the·re·al·ness, noun
- e·the·re·al·ly, adverb
- e·the·re·ous, adjective
- non·e·the·re·al, adjective
- non·e·the·re·al·ly, adverb
- non·e·the·re·al·ness, noun
- non·e·the·re·al·i·ty, noun
- un·e·the·re·al, adjective
- un·e·the·re·al·ly, adverb
- un·e·the·re·al·ness, noun
Words Nearby ethereal
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How to use ethereal in a sentence
Climate change was not some distant temperature target to be hit in the ethereal future.
The new UN climate change report shows there’s no time for denial or delay | Carolyn Gramling | August 9, 2021 | Science NewsBack then, “Tidal” lived somewhere between Morissette’s bracing bluntness and the ethereal poetry of Tori Amos.
‘Tidal’ made Fiona Apple a star 25 years ago. Its success nearly overwhelmed her. | Allison Stewart | July 22, 2021 | Washington PostThe ethereal quality of the bread persuaded Drewno that he needed a spread that wouldn’t saturate it in fat, which is why he started to whip butter before applying it to the slices.
In Signature’s “Midnight at the Never Get,” the lack of an audience feels part and parcel with the show’s ethereal setting.
Digital theater productions highlight the power of art without an audience | Thomas Floyd | May 7, 2021 | Washington PostAdvocating that Google is headed towards increased search equity by pointing to an almost ethereal element, that is, the search engine’s ability to more naturally understand content is a bit abstract.
Is Google moving towards greater search equity? | Mordy Oberstein | March 10, 2021 | Search Engine Watch
Bitcoin began 2013 with a roaring price of $770 per unit, and businesses right and left were converting to the ethereal product.
You Were Wrong About Miley & Bitcoin: 2014’s Failed Predictions | Nina Strochlic | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut when modern-day conservationists surveyed the offshore rocks they discovered something even more ethereal lurking within.
One skeleton in particular has become famous for the brutal way she died and the ethereal way her body was preserved.
The Cave Where Mayans Sacrificed Humans Is Open for Visitors | Nina Strochlic | August 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTC, lastly, I just think [Perritaz] has a natural taste for purity, delicacy, and ethereal balance.
I remember telling people at the time, ‘This kid is so ethereal and interesting.’
The Making of ‘Boyhood’: Richard Linklater’s 12-Year Journey to Create An American Masterpiece | Marlow Stern | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer white face looked ethereal in the moonlight, and her bloodless lips were quivering with returning life.
The Red Year | Louis TracyIt may be applied directly to a suspected fluid, or, better, to the ethereal extract.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddMadame Colleville was a Parisian, piquant, winning and pretty, as well as clever and ethereal.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheAgain he sat in the soft darkness, before the ghostly glimmer of the silk, tracing upon it visions of ethereal light.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaSee the ideal and ethereal being whom you have been so faithfully impersonating all the afternoon!
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona Caird
British Dictionary definitions for ethereal
/ (ɪˈθɪərɪəl) /
extremely delicate or refined; exquisite
almost as light as air; impalpable; airy
celestial or spiritual
of, containing, or dissolved in an ether, esp diethyl ether: an ethereal solution
of or relating to the ether
Origin of ethereal
1Derived forms of ethereal
- ethereality or etherealness, noun
- ethereally, adverb
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