ETHEREAL

 

MEANING 1: (adj.) celestial or relating to things beyond earth

EXAMPLE SENTENCES:

  1. An ethereal goddess descended from the heavens.

  2. Sarah looked ethereal, a heavenly beauty who didn’t seem to belong to this world.

 

MEANING 2: (adj.)something lacking substance or being extremely delicate and refined

EXAMPLE SENTENCES:

  1. She had an ethereal air as though light would go through her. 

  2. The fabric looked too transparent, delicate and ethereal.

 

MEANING 3: (adj.) resembling, containing or related to the chemical ether

EXAMPLE SENTENCES:

  1. They came up with an ethereal solution that smelled like almonds.

  2. We were told to make an ethereal solution in the lab.

 

SYNONYMS:  Immaterial, Spiritual, Incorporeal

ANTONYMS: Material, Physical, Corporeal

 

Also see

EUTHANASIA MEANING

EXPEDITE MEANING

FACETIOUS MEANING

FLAMBOYANT MEANING