otherworldly
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otherworldly
- /ˌʌðəˈwɜːldli/ UK
- /ˌʌðəɹˈwɜɹl(d)li/ US
- /ˌʌðəɹˈwɜɹəl(d)li/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ldli
Where it comes from
From other world (“a world beyond death; a world other than the everyday world”) + -ly (suffix meaning having the likeness of, resembling forming adjectives).
adjective more otherworldly · most otherworldly · other-worldly
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Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
In Just My Type: A Book about Fonts (2010) Simon Garfield describes [Edward] Johnston as 'a gaunt fine-boned man with a full moustache', and there's a picture of him at work with a quill pen that makes him look as other-worldly as a medieval sprite.
Similar: ethereal, transcendental, unworldly
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Odd and unfamiliar; strange, uncanny, weird.
He had not seen cricket played since the war began; it seemed almost other-worldly, with the click of the bats, and the shrill young voices, under the distant drone of that sky-hornet threshing along to Hendon.
Similar: ethereal, transcendental, unworldly, alien, other-worldish
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Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with spiritual matters.
Every religion that becomes ascendant, in so far as it is not other-worldly, must necessarily set its stamp upon the methods and administration of the law.
Similar: unworldly
- Of or relating to the imagination or intellect. It is easy with the other-worldly gifts to be a schöne Seele [beautiful soul]; but to the large vision of [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe that seemed to be a phase of life that a man might feel all round and leave behind him.
Translations
Every language
adj of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
| Español | de otro mundo, ultramundano, ultraterreno, ultraterrenal |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | अलौकिक alaukik |
| Français | d'un autre monde |
| Deutsch | jenseitig |
| Italiano | oltremondano, oltrenaturale |
| Ελληνικά | απόκοσμος apókosmos |
| Русский | потусторо́нний potustorónnij, не от ми́ра сего́ ne ot míra sevó |
Talk about this word "otherworldly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/otherworldly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. otherworldly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/otherworldly "otherworldly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/otherworldly.Cite this
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title = {otherworldly},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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