earthly.
Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens.
Meaning & usage
Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens.
The Garden of Earthly Delights is full of earthly joys alongside grotesqueries, monstrosities, and torture.
Made of earth; earthy.
Used in negative contructions for emphasis.
There is no earthly way, I mean no way on earth, that I will ever do that.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”).
That which is of the earth or earthly; a terrestrial being.
A slightest chance (of success etc.) or idea (about something).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”).
in an earthly manner.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”).
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