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• (nonphysical)- lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or<br />

seen; This was the one nonmagical, nonphysical way they could hurt herand<br />

they surely would do so, if it suited their purpose. — Phaze Doubt;<br />

• (platonic)- purely spiritual; free from sensual desire, esp. in a relationship<br />

between two persons of the opposite sex, ( ;<br />

); They lived in separate houses; nothing appeared in their behaviour<br />

inconsistent in their decorum, and beyond the limits of platonic love. — The<br />

Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland;<br />

• (spiritual)- of, pertaining to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal, ( ,<br />

, ); There is a constant tendency in such to wander into<br />

the region half-spiritual, half-material. — England's Antiphon;<br />

• (spectral)- ghostly,( ); The black walls of the different dwellings rose<br />

up dreary and solemn, with spectral-looking pipes dimly projecting from<br />

them. — Frank Oldfield Lost and Found;<br />

• (surreal)- having an oddly dreamlike quality; Combined with a rather<br />

remarkable build, the ship-master looked like a surreal cross between a landtank<br />

and a basset bound. — Bloodhype;<br />

ineffable = indescribable = indefinable = unutterable : incommunicable :<br />

inexpressible : evince<br />

• (ineffable)- incapable of being expressed or described in words;<br />

inexpressible, ( , ); This is why the things that have been<br />

heard and seen in heaven are said to be ineffable, and such as ear hath never<br />

heard nor eye seen. — Heaven and its Wonders and Hell;<br />

• (indescribable)- impossible to describe; The picture presented by this trick<br />

is indescribable, and a skilful pencil could alone reproduce its numerous<br />

details. — Memoirs of Robert-Houdin;<br />

• (indefinable)- impossible to define, describe, or analyze; They stung; they<br />

shed indefinable odium on a whole class; and, no doubt, this was just what<br />

Roosevelt intended. — Theodore Roosevelt An Intimate Biography;<br />

• (unutterable)- that cannot or must not be uttered or expressed;<br />

• impossible to be transmitted; not communicable; English people, insisted<br />

Townsend, never seem to realise that the distinction of birth is so valuable<br />

because it is incommunicable. — The Adventure of Living;<br />

• (evince)- to show or demonstrate clearly; manifest; Bonaparte did<br />

not evince great impatience to seize the Crown of Italy, which he well knew<br />

could not escape him. — The Memoirs of Napoleon;<br />

wizardry : sorcery = sortilege : necromancy : theurgy : witchery = witchcraft<br />

• (wizardry)- the art, skill, or accomplishments of a wizard, ( ,

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