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ethereal

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

e·the·re·al / iˈ[unvoicedth]i(ə)rēəl/ • adj. 1. extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world: her ethereal beauty. ∎  heavenly or spiritual: ethereal, otherworldly visions. 2. Chem. (of a solution) having diethyl ether as a solvent. DERIVATIVES: e·the·re·al·ize / -ˌlīz/ v. e·the·re·al·ly adv.

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