Otherworldly

Quick meaning: Otherworldly is an adjective meaning Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.

Meaning

Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.

More Meanings

1. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with spiritual matters.
2. (by extension, obsolete, rare) Of or relating to the imagination or intellect.

Example Sentences

[Simphiwe] Dana has the otherworldly temperament of a mystic.

[Leo] Tolstoy was not a saint, but he tried very hard to make himself into a saint, and the standards he applied to literature were other-worldly ones.

Every religion that becomes ascendant, in so far as it is not other-worldly, must necessarily set its stamp upon the methods and administration of the law.

It is easy with the other-worldly gifts to be a schöne Seele [beautiful soul]; but to the large vision of [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe that seemed to be a phase of life that a man might feel all round and leave behind him.

Word Forms

• other-worldly

Synonyms for otherworldly

Depending on context, synonyms include ethereal, transcendental, unworldly, preternatural, supernatural.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include supernatural, preternatural, transcendental, though, ethereal, eerie.

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