etherealness
Delicate, airy nature
Etherealness is the quality of being ethereal—light, airy, delicate, and seemingly not of this world.
It describes something that feels too refined or otherworldly to be material or earthly.
The etherealness of her voice made it seem like she was singing from another realm.
The word applies to things possessing a heavenly or spiritual quality, whether describing gauzy fabrics, pale light, or music that seems to float rather than sound.
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
gauzy · filmy · tenuous · feathery · lacy · gossamer-thin · cobwebby · floaty
Surpassing usual limits
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- celestialOf the sky above
- heavenlyDivinely pleasant or blissful
nirvana · enlightenment · soul · aura · sacred · halo · serenity · ascension
Not made of matter
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
ghostly · elusive · fleeting · ephemeral · impalpable · bodiless · formless · weightless
Light and well-ventilated
- buoyantAble to float
- weightlessHaving no heft
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
luminous · shimmering · glowing · iridescent · opalescent · pearlescent · radiant · diffused
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
sheer · gauzy · filmy · tenuous · feathery · lacy · gossamer-thin · cobwebby · floaty · sylphlike
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- celestialOf the sky above
heavenly · nirvana · enlightenment · soul · aura · sacred · halo · serenity · ascension · purity
incorporeal
Not made of matter
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
spectral · ghostly · elusive · fleeting · ephemeral · impalpable · bodiless · formless · weightless · disembodied
airy
Light and well-ventilated
- buoyantAble to float
- weightlessHaving no heft
- floatingStaying atop liquid
suspended · luminous · shimmering · glowing · iridescent · opalescent · pearlescent · radiant · diffused · twilit
- virtuesintegrity, honesty, justice, courage, fairness
- delicacydelicacy, daintiness, fineness, fragility, frailty
- femininitygracefulness, gentleness, softness, dainty, delicate
- lightness qualitiesbrightness, glow, radiance, shine, luminosity
- sacred aweawe, holiness, sacredness, sanctity, reverence
etherealnessheaviness
State of being weighty
solidity · weightiness · massiveness · substantiality · bulk
etherealnessearthiness
Unpretentious, primal quality
worldliness · materiality · mundaneness · carnality · physicality
ethereal, ether, ethers, ethereally, ethereality, etherize, etherized