Ethereal
[ɪ'θɪərɪəl] or [ɪ'θɪrɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; 'this smallest and most ethereal of birds'; 'gossamer shading through his playing' .
(adj.) of or containing or dissolved in ether; 'ethereal solution' .
Typed by Freddie--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.
Typed by Cyril
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Airy, aerial, empyreal, light, volatile.[2]. Celestial, heavenly.
Edited by Andrea
Examples
- In the glowing splendor it looked so frail and ethereal, that, even as they gazed, it melted away before their eyes like a fairy vision. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Miss Morrison is a little ethereal slip of a girl, with timid eyes and blond hair, but I found her by no means wanting in shrewdness and common-sense. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Andrea