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otherworldly

[ uhth-er-wurld-lee ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.


otherworldly

/ ˌʌðəˈɜːɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the spiritual or imaginative world
  2. impractical or unworldly
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Derived Forms

  • ˌdzٳˈɴǰԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • dzٳİ·ɴǰl·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of otherworldly1

1870–75; other world + -ly
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Director Isaiah Saxon got his start making otherworldly videos for Grizzly Bear and Björk.

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“So that’s experimenting with different yarns. Some of it looks like clouds. Some of it almost looks like ocean or water. Some of it looks atmospheric, but definitely otherworldly.”

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Sasaki, meanwhile, is starting virtually from scratch — aiming to reach the kind of stature Snell has earned while working to fully unlock his own otherworldly potential.

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The witches are thus active instruments in the fate that befalls Macbeth, making him somewhat more of a puppet of their otherworldly mischief than a closer reading of the text might bear out.

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She’d been raised on the basketball court in that kind of pressure cooker, shouldering whatever burden was asked of her otherworldly talent.

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