Definitions for earthly
ˈɜrθ liearth·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. earthlyadjective

   of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven

   "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. earthlynoun

   A slightest chance (of success etc.) or idea (about something).

2. earthlyadverb

   in an earthy manner

3. earthlyadjective

   Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven.

4. Etymology: eorþlic, corresponding to.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Earthlyadjective

   Etymology: from earth.

   1. Not heavenly; vile; mean; sordid.

   But I remember now
   I’m in this earthly world, where to do harm
   Is often laudable; to do good, sometime
   Accounted dangerous folly. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   When faith and love, which parted from thee never,
   Had ripen’d thy just soul to dwell with God,
   Meekly thou didst resign this earthly load
   Of death, call’d life. John Milton.

   2. Belonging only to our present state; not spiritual.

   Our common necessities, and the lack which we all have as well of ghostly as of earthly favours, is in each kind easily known. Richard Hooker.

   You have scarce time
   To steal from spiritual leisure a brief span,
   To keep your earthly audit. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   It must be our solemn business and endeavour, at fit seasons, to turn the stream of our thoughts from earthly towards divine objects. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   3. Corporeal; not mental.

   Great grace that old man to him given had,
   For God he often saw, from heaven hight,
   All were his earthly eyen both blunt and bad. Fairy Queen.

   Sudden he view’d, in spite of all her art,
   An earthly lover lurking at her heart. Alexander Pope, Ra. of the Lock.

   4. Any thing in the world; a female hyperbole.

   Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day,
   Charm’d the small-pox, or chas’d old age away,
   Who would not scorn what housewife’s cares produce?
   Or who would learn one earthly thing of use? Alexander Pope.

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1. earthly

   Earthly refers to something that belongs or relates to the earth, represents worldly or temporal matters as opposed to spiritual or heavenly matters, or something that is possible, real, tangible, or practical in the physical world.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Earthlyadjective

   pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise

2. Earthlyadjective

   of all things on earth; possible; conceivable

3. Earthlyadjective

   made of earth; earthy

4. Earthlyadverb

   in the manner of the earth or its people; worldly

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Anagrams for earthly »

1. lathery

2. heartly

3. rathely

How to pronounce earthly?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say earthly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of earthly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of earthly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of earthly in a Sentence

1. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton:

   Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever - and the instinct that urges the question is God's answer to man, for no instinct is given in vain.

2. John Masefield:

   There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university ... a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

3. Plato:

   Man...is a tame or civilized animal never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.

4. Alexis karpouzos:

   ''God, why give Wings for the angels, but feet for people? . ''You were born to dream, you were born to love''. ''Give me wine. Give me bread, Lift me higher! Lift me higher! From this sphere of earthly dross, redeem me from the clay!

5. Victor Hugo:

   What is grace? It is the inspiration from on high: it is love; it is liberty. Grace is the spirit of law. This discovery of the spirit of law belongs to Saint Paul; and what he calls "grace" from a heavenly point of view, we, from an earthly point, call "rigtheousness."

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=earthly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Earthly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=earthly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthly
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=earthly