Unsubstantial: alternatives and connections

Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regi…

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Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regi…

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Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.

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Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.

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An aerie.

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An aerie.

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Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

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Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

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Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; e…

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Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; e…

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Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.

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Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.

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Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.

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Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.

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Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.

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Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.

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State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.

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State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.

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The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality.

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The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality.

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The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column.

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The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column.

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Unsubstantial; not real or strong.

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Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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