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
Etymology
Origin of otherworldly
1870–75; other world + -ly
Example Sentences
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Perhaps that’s why it doesn’t feel like any kind of celebration as much as an otherworldly requiem for a country that no longer exists.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026
SpaceX growth projections are otherworldly, but those can be subject to revision.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
But the genius of his attack is that it doesn’t require shooters as otherworldly as Curry and Kevin Durant to work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The “zoo,” in which otherworldly lifeforms such as socket-seeking eye midges and toxic gas ticks are kept, is a smaller version of Prodigy’s containment lab on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
They had all their stuff spread out on the table and looked intense, as if they were in another world while sitting somewhere otherworldly.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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