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OTHERWORLDLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does otherworldly mean?
• OTHERWORLDLY (adjective)
The adjective OTHERWORLDLY has 1 sense:
1. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
Familiarity information: OTHERWORLDLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
Synonyms:
nonnatural; otherworldly; preternatural; transcendental
Context example:
find transcendental motives for sublunary action
Similar:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
Derivation:
otherworldliness (concern with things of the spirit)
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