Adjective stars, planets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies The late afternoon sunlight gave the room a celestial glow.
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Adjective
Cultural and celestial solstice celebrations abound. Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2022 Historical records show that Motya was a welcoming cultural melting pot, so the holidays and celestial events belonging to other ancient cultures were likely celebrated there. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022 As Bonobo, Green makes productions both celestial and weighty, contemplative and body-moving. Katie Bain, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2022 The resultant effect on the Sunburst is elegant and celestial, with bursts of gold emanating from the dark backdrop. Nancy Olson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 Talwalker’s character is based on a mythical and celestial being in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Mónica Marie Zorrilla, Variety, 23 Dec. 2021 While close inspection reveals many themes, visual and cultural, the artworks’ overall impact relies on the canny opposition of earthy and celestial colors.Washington Post, 4 June 2021 Since launching in December 2021, the powerful James Webb Space Telescope has already captured dramatic images of colorful galaxies, stunning nebulae and other breathtaking celestial bodies in the distant universe. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 Unlike Uranus, our North Node is not actually a celestial body. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 31 July 2022
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The capsule also features a Wild West linen of rollicking cowboys and cowgirls, which is also available as wallpaper, as well as pom-pom forest and celestial-themed wallpapers. Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2022 Curry manages to be both ordinary in size and celestial in talent. Jerry Brewer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2022 Here were two views of the divine, an earthly aristocracy versus the celestial. Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 15 June 2022 Sitting up there puts a viewer a little bit closer to heaven, the cinematic kind as well as the celestial. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2022 But the hue can denote the serene and the celestial, which are also evoked by the exhibition, first shown at Cross’s home gallery and now on display in condensed form at Waddell Art Gallery at Northern Virginia Community College’s Loudoun Campus.Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2021 Quanta Magazine spoke with Coppari about how the terrestrial can provide insight into the celestial.Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin caelestis celestial, from caelum sky