ethereal (adj.)

  1. of or containing or dissolved in ether; ethereal solution'

  2. 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

    [ Syn: aeriform , aerial , airy , aery ]

  3. of heaven or the spirit; celestial peace; ethereal melodies; the supernal happiness of a quiet death

    [ Syn: celestial , supernal ]

  4. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; this smallest and most ethereal of birds; gossamer shading through his playing

    [ Syn: gossamer ]

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