stratospheric

adjective

strato·​spher·​ic

-fer-, 

-rēk

variants or less commonly stratospherical

-rə̇kəl, 

-rēk-

1

: of, relating to, or designed for use in the stratosphere

2

: extremely high

rearmament at stratospheric costs

—Drew Middleton

a severe critic whose standards are somewhat stratospheric

—Rosalyn Krokover

3

: remote from common sense or exact scientific thinking : mystical sense 3a, metaphysical sense 2a

a solid point of reference by which to check … stratospheric philosophies of and about history

—Garrett Mattingly

Word History

Etymology

stratosphere + -ic, -ical

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Rhymes for stratospheric

• hemispheric
• panegyric
• balearic
• empiric
• etheric
• satiric
• interhemispheric
• lyric
• pyrrhic
• stearic