adj. & n.
--adj.
1. of or relating to metaphysics.
2 based on abstract general reasoning.
3 excessively subtle or theoretical.
4 incorporeal; supernatural.
5 visionary.
6 (of poetry, esp. in the 17th c. in England) characterized by subtlety of thought and complex imagery.
--n. (the Metaphysicals) the metaphysical poets.
Derivatives:
metaphysically adv.