About The Word Earthly
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Earthly
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What's The Definition Of Earthly?
[adj] of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Earthly: earthborn | earthbound | earthlike | mundane | sublunar | sublunary | temporal | terrene | terrestrial Related Terms | Find terms related to Earthly: base | bodily | carnal | carnal-minded | conceivable | corporal | corporeal | earth | earthbound | earthy | feasible | fleshly | fluvioterrestrial | geophilous | human | hylic | imaginable | likely | material | materialistic | materiate | mortal | mundane | natural | nonspiritual | Philistine | physical | possible | potential | profane | secular | sensual | somatic | subastral | sublunar | substantial | tellurian | telluric | temporal | terraqueous | terrene | terrestrial | unspiritual | worldly See Also | mortal | profane | worldly Earthly In Webster's Dictionary \Earth"ly\, a.
1. Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to
man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual;
carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers;
earthly praise.
This earthly load Of death, called life. --Milton.
Whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly
things. --Phil. iii.
19.
2. Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable.
What earthly benefit can be the result? --Pope.
3. Made of earth; earthy. [Obs.] --Holland.
Syn: Gross; material; sordid; mean; base; vile; low;
unsubstantial; temporary; corrupt; groveling.
\Earth"ly\, adv. In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly. Took counsel from his guiding eyes To make this wisdom earthly wise. --Emerson. |
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