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i-THEERR-ee-uh-l/ɪˈθɪəriəl/

Ethereal means extremely light, delicate, or otherworldly: an ethereal slide, ethereal copy. Delicate (already in the dictionary) is everyday; a vision deck does not name a spare.

Meaning

Extremely light, delicate, or otherworldly (from delicate, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “An ethereal vision slide does not name the spare.”
• “Delicate is already in this course. Airy is the close twin. A slide is comms. A name on the log is cover. Write the name; then screen the slide if the sitting still stands.”

Good to know

Light, delicate, unearthly. Everyday: airy. A vision slide ≠ a named spare.

Near in meaning

airy, delicate, otherworldly

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