Meaning of ethereal

e•the•re•al

Pronunciation: (i-thēr'ē-ul), [key]

— adj.

light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination.
extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty.
heavenly or celestial: gone to his ethereal home.
of or pertaining to the upper regions of space.
pertaining to, containing, or resembling ethyl ether.

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