The Clue
Delicate (8 letter answer)
The Answer
ETHEREAL
Tags
Notes
The answer ETHEREAL is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Airy
Celestial
Heavenly
Immaterial
Intangible
Light
Very light
Definition
ETHEREAL as an adjective:
1. (aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal) = characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"
2. of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution"
3. (celestial, ethereal, supernal) = of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
4. (ethereal, gossamer) = characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"