1. extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world
2. relating to the heavens or spiritual realm rather than the physical world
Usage: literary

Examples

• The ballet dancer moved with ethereal grace across the stage.
• Her ethereal beauty seemed almost supernatural.
• The morning mist gave the landscape an ethereal quality.
• The singer’s ethereal voice floated through the cathedral.
• Ancient poets wrote of ethereal beings dwelling in the clouds.
• The ethereal light filtering through the stained glass was breathtaking.