Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or condition of being ethereal; incorporeity; spirituality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being ethereal; etherealness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
ethereal .
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Examples
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Such a mix is not exactly a ready-made means for triumph, but Mr. Hegarty wields it with disquieting power and grace, whether whispering through spells of ethereality or growling with an energy that is at once pent-up and unencumbered.
Brazen Beats and Metal Mayhem Andy Battaglia 2012
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On record, their restrained dubby disco is kept in line with the demands of ethereality; onstage, they sound like a throbbing 12-inch dance remix of themselves.
Warpaint; Rumer – review Kitty Empire 2010
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Estelle Hanania's images explore otherworldly spaces, the sharp realness of her photographs a startling contrast to the ethereality of their subjects -- burning hands, glittery crystals, spookily-real human scarecrows, and men dressed as eery, totem-like birds.
Where The Wild Things Are: Photographer Estelle Hanania On Planet Mag 2010
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Estelle Hanania's images explore otherworldly spaces, the sharp realness of her photographs a startling contrast to the ethereality of their subjects -- burning hands, glittery crystals, spookily-real human scarecrows, and men dressed as eery, totem-like birds.
Where The Wild Things Are: Photographer Estelle Hanania On Planet Mag PLANET° 2010
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Using shades of sepia and architecture from the early to mid-20th century in his panels, and an aura ethereality, Kubert suggests that the story being told is a memory, but it's not quite like any story of Batman we have seen before.
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Fred Perry 2009
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Using shades of sepia and architecture from the early to mid-20th century in his panels, and an aura ethereality, Kubert suggests that the story being told is a memory, but it's not quite like any story of Batman we have seen before.
Archive 2009-03-01 Fred Perry 2009
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LET THE RIGHT ONE IN rocks a core ethereality that makes it seem an heir to the gauzy dreamscape of Carl Th.
My Bloodyguard Arbogast 2009
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Meant to be a cautionary tale about hubris and the ethereality of the Internet, it actually glamorizes the cluelessness of its (somewhat) tragic hero.
Darrell Hartman: Josh Hartnett Isn't Plugged In. Is He the Cooler For It? 2008
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The filmy veil of ethereality had been drawn away to reveal quite an acid drop.
The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008
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The filmy veil of ethereality had been drawn away to reveal quite an acid drop.
The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008
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