otherworldly
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to the spiritual or imaginative world
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impractical or unworldly
Other Word Forms
- otherworldliness noun
Etymology
Origin of otherworldly
1870–75; other world + -ly
Example Sentences
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As Martin, Charles stiffens himself and keeps his facial expressions generally between neutral and annoyed, though he’s softer than Clunes, less a prisoner of his own body, less abrasive, less otherworldly.
From Los Angeles Times
Some rayographs, in which simple things—gears, tools, eggs, ferns, glass, cloth—magically transform, are otherworldly.
There’s something enchanting about candlelight—something uncanny and otherworldly.
The result was otherworldly, but also rooted in a sound associated with riding the Southern California waves.
From Los Angeles Times
Based on the manga by Mokumokuren, the fantasy horror series probes what happens when a rural teen named Hikaru is fatally injured . . . but then returns when an otherworldly being possesses his corpse and memories.
From Salon
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