otherworldly
otherworldly
Definition
other·worldly (ut̸h′ər wʉrld′lē)
adjective
being apart from material or earthly interests; spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
oth′er·world′·li·ness noun
otherworldly
Synonyms
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
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