Earthly
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earthly¹
- /ˈəːθli/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”).
adjective earthlier · earthliest · Earthly
- Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens. The Garden of Earthly Delights is full of earthly joys alongside grotesqueries, monstrosities, and torture.
- Made of earth; earthy. We have this […] treasure in frail, brittle, and earthly vessels.
- Used in negative contructions for emphasis. There is no earthly way, I mean no way on earth, that I will ever do that.
noun earthlies · Earthly
- That which is of the earth or earthly; a terrestrial being. He claims that the book directs the believer to let go of the earthly and await God's kingdom in the heavenly.
- A slightest chance (of success etc.) or idea (about something). He arched his eyebrows over the summons. "The poor devil has not an earthly!" said he. "He's lucky to have a summons. Usually they act on a warrant."
adverb more earthly · most earthly · Earthly
- in an earthly manner. But earthlyer happy is the roſe diſtild, / Then that, vvhich, vvithering on the virgin thorne, / Grovves, liues, and dies, in ſingle bleſſedneſſe.
Earthly²
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, Earth + -ly.
adjective
- Alternative letter-case form of earthly (“relating to the Earth”).earthly Except at Trenco’s very poles there is not a spot in which or a time at which an Earthly gale would not constitute a dead calm; […] The wind was now scarcely more than an Earthly hurricane; […] its smaller stars, brilliant to Earthly eyes only because of their nearness, would be dimmer, perhaps invi
