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ethereal
adjective
1 ethereal
Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air:
— Physical rather than ethereal forms.
synonyms: aerial, aeriform, aery, airy.
Roget 320:
light,
subtile,
airy;
imponderous†,
imponderable;
astatic†,
weightless,
ethereal,
sublimated;
gossamery;
suberose†,
suberous†;
uncompressed,
volatile;
buoyant,
floating
etc.
v.;
portable.
light as a feather,
light as a thistle,
light as air;
lighter than air;
rise like a balloon,
float like a balloon
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Roget 334:
gaseous,
aeriform†,
ethereal,
aerial,
airy,
vaporous,
volatile,
evaporable†,
flatulent.
Roget 4:
unsubstantial;
baseless,
groundless;
ungrounded;
without foundation,
having no foundation.
visionary
etc.
(imaginary)
515;
immaterial
etc.
137;
spectral
etc.
980;
dreamy;
shadowy;
ethereal,
airy;
cloud built,
cloud formed;
gossamery,
illusory,
insubstantial,
unreal.
vacant,
vacuous;
empty
etc.
187;
eviscerated;
blank,
hollow;
nominal;
null;
inane.
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2 ethereal
Of or containing or dissolved in ether.
Polish: eteryczny, eterowy
3 ethereal
Of heaven or the spirit:
— Ethereal melodies.
synonyms: celestial, supernal.
Polish: niebieski
4 ethereal
Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy:
— This smallest and most ethereal of birds.
synonym: gossamer.
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