adj

otherworldly

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adj

Belonging to, or reminiscent of, a realm beyond the everyday physical world — dreamlike, mystical, or strange.

"The aurora cast an otherworldly green glow across the night sky."

"Her singing had an otherworldly quality that gave the audience chills."

Focused on spiritual or intellectual matters rather than practical, everyday concerns.

"The monk led a quiet, otherworldly existence, detached from ordinary ambitions."

How to Use Otherworldly

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishStrange or beautiful in a way that feels like it belongs to another realm, not the ordinary world.

Common pairings

otherworldly beauty otherworldly glow otherworldly experience

more otherworldly comparative, most otherworldly superlative

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The aurora cast an _____ green glow across the night sky.

A compound of "other world" (a realm beyond the ordinary or beyond death) and the adjective-forming suffix "-ly."

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