1
a
: characteristic of or belonging to this earth
b
: relating to the human race's actual life on this earth
2
: possible
of what earthly use is it?
earthliness
noun
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Examples of earthly in a Sentence
a sermon against our obsession with earthly pursuits
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The angular character design of the Old Man Creator makes the ridges on his face seem as if etched onto a woodcarving, adding to the earthly feel of the animation.
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
The vivid imagery undergirds Ms. Staples’ rich spiritual and earthly journey.
—Essence, 12 July 2024
But Marietta, for all her earthly problems, was a good mother, or at least a caring mother.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
The next day, on August 5, Mercury stations retrograde in the earthly Virgo.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2024
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
The vivid imagery undergirds Ms. Staples’ rich spiritual and earthly journey.
—Essence, 12 July 2024
But Marietta, for all her earthly problems, was a good mother, or at least a caring mother.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
The next day, on August 5, Mercury stations retrograde in the earthly Virgo.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2024
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earthly
adjective
earth·ly
ˈərth-lē 
1
: belonging to or having to do with the earth
earthly joys
2
: imaginable, possible
that tool is of no earthly use
earthliness
noun
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