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otherworldly
[ uhth-er-wurld-lee ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
otherworldly
/ ˌʌðəˈwɜːldlɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to the spiritual or imaginative world
- impractical or unworldly
Derived Forms
- ˌotherˈworldliness, noun
Other Words From
- other·worldli·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of otherworldly1
Example Sentences
Three films about British brains show the trouble of bringing otherworldly intelligence to the big screen.
The history of horrors in the North Caucasus is so extraordinary and so long as to seem almost otherworldly.
Driving from the Denver airport to Wyoming, I encountered an almost-otherworldly whiteout of a blizzard.
Later that night, this low-key man went out on stage with otherworldly energy.
The ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ plays an otherworldly being who lures men to a dark room with the promise of kiss kiss bang bang.
Yet it does not wrap its initiates in a selfish and otherworldly calm, isolate them from the pain and effort of the common life.
It made the otherworldly part of one who also was a merry gossip among his fellows.
The spirit is your ideal, the unattained, the otherworldly; spirit is the name of your—god, "God is spirit."
He is, however, in part an otiose deity and can hardly be said to rule over this otherworldly realm.
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