otherworldly
adjective
oth·er·world·ly
ˌə-t͟hər-ˈwərl(d)-lē 
1
a
: of, relating to, or resembling that of a world other than the actual world
b
: devoted to preparing for a world to come
2
: devoted to intellectual or imaginative pursuits
otherworldliness
noun
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Examples of otherworldly in a Sentence
otherworldly creatures from the deep sea
a movie in which otherworldly beings live among us in a parallel universe
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In the otherworldly vistas of the American Southwest, holiday splendor is chugging along on the Grand Canyon Railway, which morphs into the wintertime classic, The Polar Express.
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Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
Those films presented their otherworldly elements as reflections of characters’ superstitions and their need to make sense of the worlds around them.
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Lan Ha Bay is Cát Bà Island’s crown jewel, where imposing limestone karsts bursting out of jade-green water craft an otherworldly landscape.
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The project has an otherworldly origin story, according to Jennifer Hollenbeck, an electrical engineer at APL who first came up with the idea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2024
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Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
Those films presented their otherworldly elements as reflections of characters’ superstitions and their need to make sense of the worlds around them.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2024
Lan Ha Bay is Cát Bà Island’s crown jewel, where imposing limestone karsts bursting out of jade-green water craft an otherworldly landscape.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
The project has an otherworldly origin story, according to Jennifer Hollenbeck, an electrical engineer at APL who first came up with the idea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Otherworldly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otherworldly. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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