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Definition: ETHEREALLY

Part of Speech Definition
Adverb 1. In an ethereal manner.[Websters]
2. In a light, transparent, lightsome, slight or frail manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. In a supernal or empyrean manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. In a spiritual or psychic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. In a subtle or fine manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. In a delicate, tenuous, thin or ticklish manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. In an aerial or pneumatic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. In a vaporous or unreal manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. In an incorporeal or immaterial manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Infrequently used adverbial inflection of the adjective ethereal.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(ethereal)		 1. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "physical rather than ethereal forms".[Wordnet].
2. Of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution".[Wordnet].
3. Of heaven or the spirit; "ethereal melodies".[Wordnet].
4. Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds".[Wordnet].
5. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.[Websters].
6. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.[Websters].
7. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.[Websters].
8. Being airy, light, weightless, facile or easy.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being unworldly, ghostly or spectral.[Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Adjective base of the adverb ethereally.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Ethereally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references)

Definition: ETHEREALLY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adverb1. In an ethereal manner.[Websters]
2. In a light, transparent, lightsome, slight or frail manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. In a supernal or empyrean manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. In a spiritual or psychic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. In a subtle or fine manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. In a delicate, tenuous, thin or ticklish manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. In an aerial or pneumatic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. In a vaporous or unreal manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. In an incorporeal or immaterial manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Infrequently used adverbial inflection of the adjective ethereal.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(ethereal)		1. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "physical rather than ethereal forms".[Wordnet].
2. Of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution".[Wordnet].
3. Of heaven or the spirit; "ethereal melodies".[Wordnet].
4. Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds".[Wordnet].
5. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.[Websters].
6. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.[Websters].
7. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.[Websters].
8. Being airy, light, weightless, facile or easy.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being unworldly, ghostly or spectral.[Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Adjective base of the adverb ethereally.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ETHEREALLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references)

Specialty Definition: ethereal

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster1: [Adjective] Formed of ether; containing or filled with ether; as ethereal space; ethereal regions..
 2: [Adjective] Heavenly; celestial; as ethereal messenger..
 3: [Adjective] Consisting of ether or spirit. Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary1: [Adjective] Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. 1733: Pope, An Essay on Man Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. (references)
 2: [Adjective] Delicate, light and airy. (references)
 3: [Adjective] Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. 1667: Milton, Paradise Lost, book VII Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. 1862: Thoreau, Walking. I trust that we shall be more imaginative, that our thoughts will be clearer, fresher, and more ethereal, as our sky,... (references)

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Common Expressions: ethereal

ExpressionsDefinition
Christian Classics Ethereal LibraryThe Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a volunteer-based project to provide free electronic copies of Christian scripture and literature texts. (references)
Ethereal (alien)Ethereal right|thumb|Ethereal Autopsy The Ethereals are a race of alien beings in the PC game X-COM: UFO Defense. They are among the most powerful in the game, and appear as hooded brown-robed humanoids, similar to monks. They carry weapons and use them, but all Ethereals are endowed with offensive psionic abilities. (references)
Ethereal medium(Physics), the ether. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
Ethereal oil(Chem.) See Essential oil , under Essential . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
Ethereal salt(Chem.) See under Ethereal . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
Ethereal tinctureA solution of medicinal substance in ether. 5. A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel. 6. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners. All manners take a tincture from our own. --Pope. Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture. --Macaulay. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

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Specialty Expressions: ethereal

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Ethereal oilChemical IndustryVegetable oil containing alcohols, aldehydes, ethers etc. Source: European Union. (references)

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Extended Definition: Ethereal

Ethereal

Ethereal could refer to:

  • Ethereal oils, concentrated, hydrophobic liquids containing volatile aromatic compounds extracted from plants
  • Wireshark (formerly Ethereal), a software network traffic analyzer
  • Ethereal, a horse that won Australia's Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 2001
  • Ethereal Home Theatre, a company that specializes in home theatre cables, but also makes other audio/video products

Music

  • Ethereal Wave, a genre of Dark Wave music

Fiction

  • A plane of existence in Dungeons & Dragons
  • Ethereal (alien), the fictional alien race from the video game X-COM: UFO Defense
  • An ethereal creature, e.g., a fairy.
  • Ethereal Warp/Immaterium Warhammer 40,000

See also

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Ethereal". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: ethereal

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Ethereal marauder24   Christian Classics Ethereal Library8
Ethereal Pandemonium10   Ethereal9
Ethereal9   Ethereal (horse)6
Ethereal Wave8   Ethereal Darkness Interactive3
Christian Classics Ethereal Library8   Ethereal filcher7
Ethereal Menace7   Ethereal Home Theatre3
Ethereal Tomb7   Ethereal marauder24
Ethereal filcher7   Ethereal Menace7
The Ethereal Mirror6   Ethereal Pandemonium10
Ethereal (horse)6   Ethereal Tomb7
Ethereal Darkness Interactive3   Ethereal Wave8
Ethereal Home Theatre3   The Ethereal Mirror6

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

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