Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - ethereal
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Ethereal
ethereal
1. Someone or something that is ethereal has a delicate beauty. (FORMAL) She’s the prettiest, most ethereal romantic heroine in the movies. ...gorgeous, hauntingly ethereal melodies. ADJ 2. Ethereal means unrelated to practical things and the real world. (FORMAL) ...the ethereal nature of romantic fiction. ADJ
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adjective Date: 1513 1. a. of or relating to the regions beyond the earth b. celestial, heavenly c. unworldly, spiritual 2. a. lacking material substance ; immaterial, intangible b. marked by unusual delicacy or refinement this smallest, most ~, and daintiest of birds — William Beebe c. suggesting the heavens or heaven 3. relating to, containing, or resembling a chemical ether • ~ity noun • ~ization noun • ~ize transitive verb • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (also etherial) 1 light, airy. 2 highly delicate, esp. in appearance. 3 heavenly, celestial. 4 Chem. of or relating to ether. Derivatives ethereality n. ethereally adv. Etymology: L aethereus, -ius f. Gk aitherios (as ETHER) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ adj very delicate and light, in a way that does not seem real (ethereal beauty) - ethereally adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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