Definition of "otherworldly" []

• Of, relating to, or characteristic of another world, especially a mystical or transcendental world: "The effect was dreamy, otherworldy” ( Gioia Diliberto). (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. (adjective)

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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."
• "People go to psychics, and believe in otherworldly beings such as angels."
• "It's easy to be mesmerized by the promise of deep-space exploration by astronauts in otherworldly space suits."