Supernal

Word SUPERNAL
Character 8
Hyphenation su per nal
Pronunciations /sjuːˈpɜː.nəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Supernal"

What do we mean by supernal?

Celestial; heavenly. adjective

Of, coming from, or being in the sky or high above. adjective

Being in a higher or upper place; situated above: as, supernal regions.

Relating to things above; celestial; heavenly.

In zoology, superior in position; situated high up: as, the supernal nostrils of a bird.

Being in a higher place or region; locally higher. adjective

Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly. adjective

Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial. adjective

Exalted, exquisite, superlative. adjective

Being or coming from on high adjective

Of heaven or the spirit adjective

Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.

Exalted, exquisite, superlative.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Supernal

The word "supernal" in example sentences

We call the supernal lights fixed, yet they wander about yonder plain, and if ❋ Unknown (2003)

We call the supernal lights fixed, yet they wander about yonder plain, and if I look again where I looked an hour ago, the face of the eternal heavens is altered. ❋ Unknown (1826)

The second obvious element in Shelley's poetry is his love of beauty, not the common beauty of nature or humanity which Wordsworth celebrated, but a strange "supernal" beauty with no "earthly" quality or reality. ❋ William Joseph Long (1909)

In the tiny chalets perched on the mountain ridges, folks literally dwell in cloudland, and enjoy a kind of supernal existence, having for near neighbours the eagles in their eyries and the fleet-footed chamois or izard. ❋ Matilda Betham-Edwards (1877)

Even if they had shown a pristine 35 print on 40-foot-high silver using a brand-new bulb, it wouldn't have looked "supernal" in the least. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For similar reasons, most people, especially most who believe in Heaven, also consider Heaven, or whatever, as a special kind of supernal real estate, as Owen Gingerich, author of the foreword to a recent English edition of Johannes Kepler's ❋ Unknown (2009)

a kind of supernal visitant, vanishing anon into nothingness, or only a pawnbroker's duplicate. ❋ Unknown (1875)

According to Ms. Krieger, only 1 tablespoon of sweet butter is needed to add supernal creaminess to her recipe for mashed potatoes. ❋ Rozanne Gold (2011)

Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. ❋ John W. Whitehead (2011)

That is, the desire to realise an ideal, to touch the supernal, to create something greater than the human hand and mind can create, no matter how gifted those hands and minds might be. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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