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unearthly (adj.)

1610s, "heavenly, sublime," from un- (1) "not" + earthly. Sense of "ghostly, weird" is attested by 1802. Related: Unearthliness.

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Definitions of unearthly from WordNet

unearthly (adj.)
concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul;
unearthly love
Synonyms: spiritual
unearthly (adj.)
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley;
an unearthly light
Synonyms: eldritch / weird / uncanny
From wordnet.princeton.edu