e|the´re|al|ness

e|the´re|al|ness
e|the|re|al «ih THIHR ee uhl», adjective.
1. light; airy; delicate: »

the ethereal beauty of a butterfly. Her ethereal beauty made her seem more like a goddess than a human being.

2. not of the earth; heavenly: »

An angel is an ethereal messenger. She longed for an ethereal home. Where thy footstep gleams—In what ethereal dances, By what eternal streams (Edgar Allan Poe).

 SYNONYM(S): celestial.
3. of or having to do with the upper regions of space.
4. of or having to do with the ether diffused through space.
5. Chemistry. of or like ether or one of the ethers: »

Esters are called ethereal salts because they often have ether-like odors (Monroe M. Offner).

 Also, aethereal (for defs. 1-4).
–e|the´re|al|ly, adverb.
–e|the´re|al|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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