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[ uhth-er-wurld-lee ] / ˈʌð ərˈwɜrld li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR otherworldly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come. Origin of otherworldly1870–75; other world + -ly OTHER WORDS FROM otherworldlyoth·er·world·li·ness, nounWords nearby otherworldlyotherwhere, otherwhile, otherwise, other woman, other world, otherworldly, Othin, Othman, Othman I, Othniel, Otho I Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for otherworldlyLater that night, this low-key man went out on stage with otherworldly energy. When I Met Robin Williams in Afghanistan|Matthew Kaminski|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ plays an otherworldly being who lures men to a dark room with the promise of kiss kiss bang bang. Scarlett Johansson is an Alien Seductress in ‘Under the Skin’|Jimmy So|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mountain passes lead to high plains dotted with green scrub and otherworldly rock outcroppings. Big-Sky West Texas: A Road Trip Through Hidden America|Condé Nast Traveler|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Being inside is like a visit to a Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory of art: overwhelming, whimsical, and otherworldly. Graffiti-Covered Wynwood Is Quickly Becoming Miami’s Hippest New Neighborhood|Debra A. Klein|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From the day he entered the league, Rodriguez was distinguished by his otherworldly power and prowess. Alex Rodriguez Suspension Is a Sad Moment for Baseball|Michael Brendan Dougherty|August 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST The spirit is your ideal, the unattained, the otherworldly; spirit is the name of your—god, "God is spirit." The Ego and His Own|Max Stirner Yet it does not wrap its initiates in a selfish and otherworldly calm, isolate them from the pain and effort of the common life. Practical Mysticism|Evelyn Underhill It made the otherworldly part of one who also was a merry gossip among his fellows. The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor He is, however, in part an otiose deity and can hardly be said to rule over this otherworldly realm. Introduction to the History of Religions|Crawford Howell Toy
British Dictionary definitions for otherworldly
adjectiveof or relating to the spiritual or imaginative world impractical or unworldly Derived forms of otherworldlyotherworldliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to otherworldlymystical, magical, supernatural, uncanny, ethereal, heavenly, alien, out of this world, spiritual, transcendental, unearthly, unworldly, visionary |