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Definition of ethereal



Overview of adj ethereal

The adj ethereal has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal

(characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms")

2. ethereal

(of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution")

3. celestial, ethereal, supernal

(of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death")

4. ethereal, gossamer

(characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing")