Meaning & use
ethereal
Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect or otherworldly for the physical world.
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The singer's ethereal voice seemed to float above the orchestra.
Mist gave the forest an ethereal quality every morning just before dawn.
A note on using this word
Ethereal is a literary word, often used for beauty, sound, or light that feels almost too delicate to be real.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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