Definitions of ethereal:

  • adjective:   of or containing or dissolved in ether
    Example: "Ethereal solution"
  • adjective:   characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
    Example: "This smallest and most ethereal of birds"
  • adjective:   of heaven or the spirit
    Example: "Ethereal melodies"
  • adjective:   characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
    Example: "Physical rather than ethereal forms"