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ethereality

ethereality

9.5
A quality that makes something seem light, delicate, and not of this world
  • noun
  • /ˌiːθəˈriːəlɪti/
  • Literature
translation icon : eterealidad
  • Her voice echoed through the empty hall with an ethereality that captivated everyone who heard it.

Examples

  • Painters often try to capture the ethereality of morning mist in their landscapes.

  • The dancer's movements had an ethereality that made her seem as if she floated above the ground.

  • The ethereality of her voice made the song sound almost magical.

  • The dancer moved with such ethereality that she seemed to float above the stage.

  • The ethereality of her voice captivated everyone in the room.

  • There is a certain ethereality in the way the light dances on the water.

  • The mist rising from the lake in the early morning gave the landscape an ethereality that seemed almost magical.

Synonyms

ethereal look
vsethereality
  • Literature
7.6

A delicate, light appearance that seems not of this world

is the abstract quality of being light delicate and seeming not of this world

Antonyms

density
55 4.2

How full a place is of people or things

heaviness
3 2.5

A large weight that makes something hard to lift

How Ethereal

otherworldliness
  • Literature
1 9.9
ethereality
  • Literature
9.5
airiness
1 4.0
lightness
3 2.6
delicacy
4 5.3

Surface Forms

ethereality singular
etherealities plural

Morphology

ethereality = ethereal (transparent) = ethereal + ity

Standard nominalization: the noun denotes the quality or state of being 'ethereal' formed with the productive suffix '-ity'.

Etymology

Ethereality comes from ether, which goes back to the Greek aither meaning 'upper air' or 'bright sky'. So ethereality describes a light, delicate, almost not-of-this-world quality, like a voice or mist that seems to float.