Ethereality

Ethereality
Ethereality E*the`re*al"i*ty, n. The state of being ethereal; etherealness. [1913 Webster]

Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • ethereality — ethereal (also etherial) ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely delicate and light. 2) heavenly or spiritual. DERIVATIVES ethereality noun ethereally adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • ethereality — noun see ethereal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ethereality — See ethereal. * * * …   Universalium

  • ethereality — noun The quality of being ethereal. Syn: etherealness Ant: materiality …   Wiktionary

  • ethereality — n. state of being ethereal; lightness; heavenliness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ethereality — n. See etherealness …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • ethereality — n 1. airiness, gaseousness, vaporousness, etherealness; immateriality, unsubstantiality, incorporeity; tenuousness, rarity, subtileness. 2. delicateness, fineness, thinness, fragility, frailty; sheerness, diaphanousness. 3. heavenliness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • ethereality — ethe·re·al·i·ty …   English syllables

  • ethereality — ə̇ˌthirēˈaləd.ē, (ˌ)ēˌth , eˌth , thēr , lətē, i noun ( es) : the quality or state of being ethereal …   Useful english dictionary

  • ethereal — ethereality, etherealness, n. ethereally, adv. ethereous, adj. /i thear ee euhl/, adj. 1. light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination. 2. extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty. 3. heavenly or… …   Universalium

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