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Learn “Ethereal

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Ethereal

adjective/ih-THEER-ee-ul/

So light, delicate and lovely that it seems almost unreal.

Her ethereal singing floated across the quiet school hall.

Ethereal shares 'ether', the airy sky — something light as thin air.

Use in descriptive writing for beauty that feels dreamlike and fragile.