otherworldy

English

Etymology

otherworld + -y, or an error for otherworldly.

Adjective

otherworldy (comparative more otherworldy, superlative most otherworldy)

  1. With a quality unlike those normal to everyday life, or outside typical human experience.
    • 2007 September 16, Charles Mcgrath, “Mother Nature’s Restless Sons”, in New York Times:
      The place, 22 miles from the nearest road, is apt to become a full-fledged tourist attraction after the opening on Friday of “Into the Wild,” a deeply affecting movie version of the Krakauer book, with cinematography so beautiful it makes the Alaskan landscape seem seductively otherworldy.

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