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ethereal in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- 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"
aeriform aerial airy aery ethereal
- of heaven or the spirit
"celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
celestial ethereal supernal
- of or containing or dissolved in ether
"ethereal solution"
ethereal
- characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
"this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
ethereal gossamer
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