Synonyms for earthly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : urth-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɜrθ li

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Définition of earthly

Origin :
  • Old English eorþlic "earthly, worldly;" see earth + -ly (1).
  • adj physically concerning land or its inhabitants
  • adj conceivable
Example sentences :
  • When they do not disturb him with earthly medicines, he is quiet and happy.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Must all novels end with an earthly marriage, and nothing be left for heaven?
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • What sun of earthly joy could ever break through such clouds!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • If he was not to be her earthly refuge in this trouble as in any other, she would none of him!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • There's no people in the earthly world talks as fine as the Ulster people.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • It is marvel if in these earthly banquets there be not some lack.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • It is but a foolish hope; all earthly love is buried; and my heart is there!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • The nervous system is the fundamental fact of our earthly life.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

Antonyms for earthly

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