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Meaning of 'ethereal'
Meaning of 'ethereal' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Ethereal 
[ a.]
- Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to
the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere;
celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. [ a.]- Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
- Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.
Meaning of 'ethereal' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. ethereal [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- of or containing or dissolved in ether
- of or containing or dissolved in ether
Example in sentence:
- ethereal solution
2. ethereal [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- of heaven or the spirit
- of heaven or the spirit
Example in sentence:
- celestial peace;
- ethereal melodies;
- the supernal happiness of a quiet death
Meaning (3):
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
Example in sentence:
- aerial fancies;
- an airy apparition;
- figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away;
- physical rather than ethereal forms
Meaning (4):
- characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
- characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
Example in sentence:
- gossamer shading through his playing;
- this smallest and most ethereal of birds
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