ethereal

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  1. adjective Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible.
  2. adjective Highly refined; delicate. See Synonyms at airy.
  3. adjective Of the celestial spheres; heavenly.
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  • What made you use the word ethereal She seemed to me not of this world, madam. —  When Last I Died - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 13: 1941
  • In this she was older, about twenty, and her pose was romantic, her expression ethereal. —  Maigret in Vichy - Georges Simenon - 95
  • Cambridge is sweet and ethereal, and the air in Cambridge bubbles in the mind like fine champagne, but I cannot imagine getting any work done there. —  The Moor - Laurie R King - Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes 04
  • Beth Orton was known as the ethereal voice who added a calm nuance to kinetic dance tracks by the —  JamBase
  • All the features you'd expect of each participant is present - ethereal, off-kilter noodling juxtaposed with furious, screeching walls of noise. —  Drowned In Sound // Feed
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heavenly ·  unearthly ·  angelic ·  luminous ·  unreal ·  radiant ·  airy ·  shadowy ·  misty ·  mystical ·  azure ·  dreamy
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  1. From Latin aetherius, from Greek aitherios, from aithēr, upper air.

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  1. Prop., as formerly, etherial, formerly also æthereal; from Latin ætherius, from Greek αἰθέριος, high in air, heavenly, ethereal, from αἰθήρ (αἰθερ-), ether: see ether.
 

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