Otherworldly vs Otherworldish - What's the difference?
otherworldly | otherworldish |
Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.
*1917 , , God, the Invisible King , ch. 5,
*:Every religion that becomes ascendant, in so far as it is not otherworldly , must necessarily set its stamp upon the methods and administration of the law.
*2007 , Clive Davis, "
*:Dana has the otherworldly temperament of a mystic.
Not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar.
*1919 , , Saint's Progress , ch. 7,
*:He had not seen cricket played since the war began; it seemed almost otherworldly , with the click of the bats, and the shrill young voices.
As adjectives the difference between otherworldly and otherworldish
is that otherworldly is of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world while otherworldish is otherworldly.otherworldly
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