otherworldly

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; -Aldous Huxley

Etymology

From other world (“a world beyond death; a world other than the everyday world”) + -ly (suffix meaning having the likeness of, resembling forming adjectives).

In classic literature

Synonyms

nonnatural, preternatural, transcendental

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