oth|er|world|ly

oth|er|world|ly
oth|er|world|ly «UHTH uhr WURLD lee», adjective.
1. devoted to the world to come; preoccupied with life after death.
2. devoted to the world of mind or imagination: »

The strange world of the Byzantine Empire had an art type all its own—intellectualized, otherworldly (Newsweek).

3. of or having to do with a world or realm other than that of actual life; supernatural; weird: »

The sound above is rather otherworldly (New Yorker).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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