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ethereal

/ɪˈθɪə.ɹi.əl/
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.

Synonymsethereous, gossamer, aereous, mystical, transcendental, ethereous

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