ethereal

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
    of or containing or dissolved in ether
    of heaven or the spirit
    characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

Word Origin

ethereal (adj.)
formerly also etherial, 1510s, "of the highest regions of the atmosphere," from ether + -ial; extended sense of "light, airy" is from 1590s. Figurative meaning "spirit-like, immaterial" is from 1640s. Related: Ethereally.

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Example

1. She was a pale , ethereal creature .
2. The effect of these simple depictions , in the darkness , was ethereal and emotive .
3. She could feel their ethereal auras full of excitement .
4. Some of his best work is his most ethereal .
5. She is pure and ethereal .

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