ethereal

/ɪˈθɪə.ɹi.əl//əˈθɪɹ.i.əl/
🔵 Intermediate

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Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables3

Moderate complexity

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adjective

1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly.

"ethereal space ethereal regions"

2. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

3. Delicate, light and airy.

4. To do with ether.

"an ethereal solution"

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