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
Synonyms
Examples of earthly in a Sentence
a sermon against our obsession with earthly pursuits
Recent Examples on the Web
There are no minibars in rooms, but Pelorus staff will happily cater to all your earthly desires.
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Kendall Hill, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2024
For all the grounding and presence that resets our nervous systems, our earthly vessels would be naught without the dream of a shimmery green.
—Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
In his world view, doomed romanticism isn’t an oxymoron but a tautology: to experience love deep within one’s bones comes at the cost of one’s earthly comforts and worldly aspirations, even one’s life.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
The earthly location is the former Charlotte Pipe and Foundry site, once thought to be a possible home for a new stadium for Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC billionaire owner David Tepper.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
Those who use this as an excuse to hate Jews tend to forget that Jesus, in His earthly body, was a Jew, and therefore loved them.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Godzilla and Kong each have a complicated relationship with their place in the earthly cosmos, and the story jumps through major hoops to transform them from foes to comrades.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
The new film is professionally made, well-acted, entertaining enough, and possessed of no earthly reason to exist aside from the care and feeding of intellectual property.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
No one has any earthly clue how 2024 will go, given the unevenness of the franchise’s recent track record.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
Kendall Hill, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2024
For all the grounding and presence that resets our nervous systems, our earthly vessels would be naught without the dream of a shimmery green.
—Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
In his world view, doomed romanticism isn’t an oxymoron but a tautology: to experience love deep within one’s bones comes at the cost of one’s earthly comforts and worldly aspirations, even one’s life.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
The earthly location is the former Charlotte Pipe and Foundry site, once thought to be a possible home for a new stadium for Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC billionaire owner David Tepper.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
Those who use this as an excuse to hate Jews tend to forget that Jesus, in His earthly body, was a Jew, and therefore loved them.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Godzilla and Kong each have a complicated relationship with their place in the earthly cosmos, and the story jumps through major hoops to transform them from foes to comrades.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
The new film is professionally made, well-acted, entertaining enough, and possessed of no earthly reason to exist aside from the care and feeding of intellectual property.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
No one has any earthly clue how 2024 will go, given the unevenness of the franchise’s recent track record.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Earthly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthly. Accessed 2 May. 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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