Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of this earth.
- adjective Terrestrial; not heavenly or divine.
- adjective Worldly.
- adjective Conceivable; possible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the earth or to this world; pertaining to the mundane state of existence: as, earthly objects; earthly residence.
- Belonging to the earth or world; worldly; carnal, as opposed to spiritual or heavenly; vile.
- Made of earth; earthy: as, “earthly substance,”
- Corporeal; not mental.
- Being or originating on earth; of all things in the world; possible; conceivable: used chiefly as an expletive.
- Synonyms Terrestrial, mundane, sublunary, etc. See
worldly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.
- adjective Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly
- adjective Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable.
- adjective obsolete Made of earth; earthy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to the
earth or this world, as opposed to heaven. - adjective negative, informal Used to put an emphasis
- noun UK, colloquial A
slightest chance (of success etc.) oridea (about something). - adverb in an
earthy manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
Etymologies
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Examples
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People, the moment you start rationalizing earthly power and authority in * earthly* government has been established by GOD, you challenge and threaten to take away our earthly agency and our sense of the Divine invested in us in the call to "do good, do justice" and change corrupt government.
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Jehovah's Witness #1: We don't vote in earthly elections.
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All men are miserable in earthly kingdoms, for fate leaves no-one under the heavens unchanged.
There is No Future without Love (a Rare Political Post) Mary Kate Hurley 2008
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We should not be distracted like those who have placed their heart entirely in earthly goods ....
29 December -- St Thomas of Canterbury John 2008
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This is like Governor Mike Huckabee's miracles can defeat math in earthly matters; Huckabee is now an 'also ran'.
Carter: After June 3, it will be time for Clinton to 'give it up' 2008
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All men are miserable in earthly kingdoms, for fate leaves no-one under the heavens unchanged.
Archive 2008-11-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2008
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His Eminence Don Pelasio de Labastida, an eighteenth century bishop of Mexico City set a scandalous example of such indulgence in earthly pleasures.
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Along the way he's assisted by a woman who may (or may not) be Lucifer in earthly form.
The Ninth Gate Bill Crider 2007
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Along the way he's assisted by a woman who may (or may not) be Lucifer in earthly form.
Archive 2007-09-16 Bill Crider 2007
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His Eminence Don Pelasio de Labastida, an eighteenth century bishop of Mexico City set a scandalous example of such indulgence in earthly pleasures.
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