Definition of etheral
1. ethereal [ a ] characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
Examples:
"figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle
"aerial fancies"
"an airy apparition"
"physical rather than ethereal forms"
(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)
Digby heaved a deep ethereal sigh .
Synonyms ethereal aerial aery airy aeriform Related Terms insubstantial2. ethereal [ a ] (chemistry) of or containing or dissolved in ether
Examples:
"ethereal solution"
3. ethereal [ a ] of heaven or the spirit
Examples:
"celestial peace"
"ethereal melodies"
"the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
4. ethereal [ a ] characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
Examples:
"this smallest and most ethereal of birds"
"gossamer shading through his playing"
