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Ethereal
Definition
Ethereal means extremely delicate, light, airy, or heavenly.
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- ethereal beauty
- ethereal glow
- ethereal quality
- ethereal music
- ethereal presence
- ethereal form
- ethereal light
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Often used to describe something delicate, light, and not of this world. It carries a positive, almost spiritual connotation.
Example sentences
- The ethereal music filled the room, making everyone feel peaceful.
- The bride wore an ethereal white dress that flowed behind her as she walked.
- The ethereal glow of the moon illuminated the night sky.
- The butterfly's wings were so ethereal, it looked like they were made of fairy dust.
- The artist's painting had an ethereal quality that made it seem like it came from another world.
Quotes
'The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.' - Willa Cather
'The ethereal nature of music is able to transport us to a different place and time.' - A. R. Rahman
'I will not be 'famous,' 'great.' I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.' - Virginia Woolf
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