ETHEREAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
   • as impalpable or intangible as air
   Synonym(s)
   • aerial (what does aerial mean?)
   • aeriform (what does aeriform mean?)
   • aery (what does aery mean?)
   • airy (what does airy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away- Thomas Carlyle
   • aerial fancies
   • an airy apparition
   • physical rather than ethereal forms
   Similar To
   • insubstantial (what does insubstantial mean?)
   • unsubstantial (what does unsubstantial mean?)
   • unreal (what does unreal mean?)
2. Meaning
   • characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
   Synonym(s)
   • gossamer (what does gossamer mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • this smallest and most ethereal of birds
   • gossamer shading through his playing
   Similar To
   • delicate (what does delicate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of heaven or the spirit
   Synonym(s)
   • celestial (what does celestial mean?)
   • supernal (what does supernal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • celestial peace
   • ethereal melodies
   • the supernal happiness of a quiet death
   Similar To
   • heavenly (what does heavenly mean?)
4. Meaning
   • of or containing or dissolved in ether
   Usage Example(s)
   • ethereal solution
   Pertainym(s)
   • ether (what does ether mean?)
   • ethoxyethane (what does ethoxyethane mean?)
   • divinyl ether (what does divinyl ether mean?)
   • vinyl ether (what does vinyl ether mean?)
   • diethyl ether (what does diethyl ether mean?)
   • ethyl ether (what does ethyl ether mean?)