ethereal
adjective
light, airy, or tenuous.
ethereally
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a word derived from
ethereal.
Example Sentences
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The pastries are ethereally flaky and buttery, the cinnamon roll strikes that difficult balance where the middle is fully baked but the edges aren’t overdone, and is slathered with heavenly cream cheese frosting.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023
Food writer Allison Robicelli uses it in her angel food cake recipe “that’s ethereally fluffy, no folding or futzing required,” she wrote.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
The man in the mirror was an exquisite dandy: when Beardsley became a star in 1890s London, he started wearing suits in subtly contrasting shades of grey with yellow gloves over his ethereally thin figure.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2020
Small, compact, with dark hair and preternaturally bright eyes, Masha makes a bold, visible contrast with the ethereally pale Beanpole — her very being seems molded from other, stronger material.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
How they had gotten there was beyond Zeitoun’s imagination, but they seemed ethereally content, luxuriating in their freedom.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
