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earth·ly
 earthly
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- pronunciation:
- uhrth
li
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
earthlier, earthliest |
| definition 1: |
pertaining to the earth as opposed to spiritual or heavenly realms; worldly.
- synonyms:
- carnal, mundane, secular, sublunary, tellurian, temporal, terrestrial, worldly
- antonyms:
- celestial, ethereal, heavenly, spiritual
- similar words:
- corporeal, lay, material, natural, physical, sensual
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| definition 2: |
conceivable.
no earthly reason to fail- synonyms:
- conceivable, imaginable, thinkable
- similar words:
- feasible, likely, possible, practical
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| related words: |
human, profane, secular, temporal |
(adj.)earthly
+ adverb
truly
(adj.)earthly
+ noun
ambition,
aspect,
beauty,
being,
belongings,
bond,
burden,
comfort,
concern,
counterpart,
creature,
deity,
delight,
desire,
devil,
dominion,
dust,
embodiment,
exile,
existence,
fame,
flesh,
glory,
gravity,
happiness,
hell,
hierarchy,
hint,
humanity,
idea,
incarnation,
journey,
joy,
kingdom,
landscape,
life,
limitation,
love,
majesty,
manifestation,
ministry,
object,
origin,
paradise,
passion,
perspective,
pilgrimage,
plane,
pleasure,
possession,
realism,
realm,
redemption,
reign,
remains,
reward,
salvation,
satisfaction,
sin,
sojourn,
sovereign,
sovereignty,
sphere,
suffering,
treasure,
tribunal,
utopia,
vanity,
vantage,
vessel,
wealth,
well-being,
wisdom
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| derivation: |
earthliness (n.) |
The word earthly
contains the following part:
-ly2
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means like; every (when attached to times)
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ly2attaches primarily to native English nouns to form adjectives.
Example words:
bodily, cowardly, daily, dastardly, earthly, elderly, friendly, ghastly, ghostly, lively, lonely, unfriendly, heavenly, hourly, kingly, lovely, monthly, motherly, nightly, orderly, scholarly, sickly, slovenly, sprightly, stately, timely, worldly
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