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otherworldly
Concerned with an afterlife, especially when inattentive to the present.
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  1. Concerned with an afterlife, especially when inattentive to the present.
  2. Devoted to the world of the mind; concerned with intellectual or imaginative things.
  3. Not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar.
ethereal
Very light; airy; delicate
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  1. Very light; airy; delicate
  2. Extremely light or delicate:
  3. (Chem.) Of, like, or containing ether, esp. if mixed with an essential oil
preternatural
Differing from or beyond what is normally found in or expected from nature; abnormal
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  1. Differing from or beyond what is normally found in or expected from nature; abnormal
  2. Supernatural
  3. Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.
spiritual
Of or belonging to a religion; sacred:
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  1. Of or belonging to a religion; sacred:
  2. Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural:
  3. Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul:
religious
Characterized by adherence to religion or a religion; devout; pious; godly
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  1. Characterized by adherence to religion or a religion; devout; pious; godly
  2. Of, concerned with, appropriate to, or teaching religion
  3. Extremely scrupulous or conscientious:
metaphysical
Designating or of the school of early 17th-cent. English poets, including esp. John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, and Abraham Cowley, whose verse is characterized by very subtle, highly intellectualized imagery, sometimes deliberately fantastic and far-fetched
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  1. Designating or of the school of early 17th-cent. English poets, including esp. John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, and Abraham Cowley, whose verse is characterized by very subtle, highly intellectualized imagery, sometimes deliberately fantastic and far-fetched
  2. Of, connected with, or having the nature of, metaphysics
  3. Of or relating to the poetry of a group of 17th-century English poets whose verse is characterized by an intellectually challenging style and extended metaphors comparing very dissimilar things.
idealistic
Of or characteristic of an idealist
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  1. Of or characteristic of an idealist
  2. Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.
  3. Of, relating to, or having the nature of an idealist or idealism.
impractical
Not a part of experience, fact, or practice; theoretical.
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  1. Not a part of experience, fact, or practice; theoretical.
  2. Not practical; impracticable.
  3. Incapable of dealing efficiently with practical matters, especially finances.
unsophisticated
Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
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  1. Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
  2. Artless, simple, ingenuous, etc.
  3. (--- Now Rare) Not adulterated; genuine or pure
inexperienced
Not experienced; lacking knowledge or experience; green.
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  1. Not experienced; lacking knowledge or experience; green.
green
Beneficial to the environment or less harmful to the environment than others:
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  1. Beneficial to the environment or less harmful to the environment than others:
  2. Made with green or leafy vegetables:
  3. Not cured or tanned:
numinous
Of or relating to a numen; supernatural.
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  1. Of or relating to a numen; supernatural.
  2. Of or characteristic of a numen; supernatural; divine
  3. Having a deeply spiritual or mystical effect
otherworldly
Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.
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  1. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.
  2. Devoted to the world of the mind; concerned with intellectual or imaginative things.
  3. Being apart from material or earthly interests; spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
spiritual
Of or belonging to a religion; sacred:
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  1. Of or belonging to a religion; sacred:
  2. Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural:
  3. Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul:
artless
Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
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  1. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
  2. Free of artificiality; natural.
  3. Without artificiality; simple; natural
guileless
Free from guile; honest but naïve.
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  1. Free from guile; honest but naïve.
  2. Without guile; candid; frank
ingenuous
(Obs.) Of noble birth or nature
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  1. (Obs.) Of noble birth or nature
  2. Straightforward or frank; candid:
  3. Simple; artless; naive; without guile
innocent
Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
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  1. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
  2. Lacking, deprived, or devoid of something:
  3. Without guile or cunning; artless; simple
naive
Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially:
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  1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially:
  2. Simple and guileless; artless:
  3. Unaffectedly or foolishly simple; childlike; artless
natural
Related genetically:
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  1. Related genetically:
  2. Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
  3. Not altered, treated, or disguised:
simple
Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
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  1. Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
  2. Lowly in condition or rank:
  3. Without ostentation or affectation; natural
unaffected
Marked by lack of affectation; unpretentious or sincere.
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  1. Marked by lack of affectation; unpretentious or sincere.
  2. Not changed, modified, or affected.
  3. Without affectation; simple; sincere; natural
unsophisticated
Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
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  1. Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
  2. Not complex, refined, developed, etc.
  3. Artless, simple, ingenuous, etc.
unstudied
Not gained by study or instruction:
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  1. Not gained by study or instruction:
  2. Not gotten by study or conscious effort
  3. Spontaneous; natural; unaffected
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  • He had some unworldly views on things, she mused.

  • Men began to feel a desire for a theolo g Y g of the heart and an unworldly simplicity of life.

  • Yet the relation of Congregational polity to its religious ideal had already become less intimate and conscious than even half a century before: the system was held simply as one traditionally associated with a serious and unworldly piety.

  • His life was a poet's life from first to last - free, unworldly, unhurried, unconventional, unselfish, and was contentedly and joyously lived.

  • Unlike the later reforming abbes of the philosophe period, Saint-Pierre was a man of very unworldly character and quite destitute of the Frondeur spirit.

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