Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of another world, especially a mystical or transcendental world.
- adjective Devoted to the world of the mind; concerned with intellectual or imaginative things.
- adjective Concerned with an afterlife, especially when inattentive to the present.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Governed in this life by motives relating to the consideration of existence in another and better world.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.
- adjective Not worldly; preparing for or concerned primarily with the afterlife; -- of people.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, concerned with, or
preoccupied with a different world than that of thetangible here and now , such as aheavenly ,spiritual , orimaginary world. - adjective Not belonging to the
real world;unnatural ;odd andunfamiliar .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
Etymologies
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Examples
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Scientists today announced what they called otherworldly discoveries of strange communities of extreme microbes in hostile environments at the bottom of the sea.
Livescience.com 2009
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People go to psychics, and believe in otherworldly beings such as angels.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Jules Watson, Part 3 2009
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It's easy to be mesmerized by the promise of deep-space exploration by astronauts in otherworldly space suits.
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That's interesting, because Louisiana's leading candidate for Governor, Rep. Bobby Jindal (R-Kenner), has previously written about his belief in otherworldly entities such as angels, spirits, demons and "related phenomena".
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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It's easy to be mesmerized by the promise of deep-space exploration by astronauts in otherworldly space suits.
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There is nothing that might be called otherworldly about this ministry of Jesus.
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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There is nothing that might be called otherworldly about this ministry of Jesus.
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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She does look quite 'otherworldly' - a good match for Matt S.
OMG 2009
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The vision -- which i hasten to point out, is neither "religious" nor "otherworldly" -- feels like a"startling recognition."
Jason Silva: On Creativity, Marijuana and "a Butterfly Effect in Thought" Jason Silva 2011
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The radiance that surrounded you can only be termed otherworldly.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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