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otherworldly Definition

other·worldly (ut̸h′ər wʉrld)

adjective

being apart from material or earthly interests; spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world

otherworldly Related Forms
oth′er·world·li·ness noun
otherworldly Synonyms

otherworldly

modif.

otherworldly Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • atmosphere: He explored aspects of the English countryside which evoked a strange, otherworldly atmosphere.
  • landscape: Five hundred million years ago the ground gradually collapsed due to seismic shifting, creating the otherworldly landscape seen today.
  • being: The otherworldly beings who appear in medieval chronicles are a varied lot.
  • place: I had cycled through the Long Green, a strange, otherworldly place.
  • creature: The Pub is your first port of call, where you meet a bunch of otherworldly creatures trying to form a clan.
  • music: Heaton provides a velvety line to Scelsi's otherworldly music.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: Moreover, the whole performance was permeated with a sense of spiritual, almost otherworldly beauty.
  • very: He's totally focussed on learning to be a celestial agent, tho, which can make him seem very otherworldly and distant.
  • slightly: Dan's slightly otherworldly show is a place to come and lose yourself from the crowds.
  • truly: The vocals are truly otherworldly, so quiet and out into space - you really couldn't even begin to pretend to imagine them.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: They thought they simply looked too otherworldly to be true.
  • seem: The long curved lake in the valley bottom seems otherworldly in the twilight.

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