ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Earthly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈəːθli/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Earthly is an adjective meaning Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens.

Meaning

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

(informal) Used in negative contructions for emphasis.
(collective or in the plural) That which is of the earth or earthly; a terrestrial being.
(UK, colloquial) A slightest chance (of success etc.) or idea (about something).
in an earthly manner.
(obsolete) Made of earth; earthy.

We have this […] treasure in frail, brittle, and earthly vessels.

There is no earthly way, I mean no way on earth, that I will ever do that.

The Garden of Earthly Delights is full of earthly joys alongside grotesqueries, monstrosities, and torture.

In fiscal terms, there’s no earthly reason for Congress to be stingy with Social Security’s administrative budget.

Depending on context, synonyms include worldly, worldy, terrestrial, material, mundane, sublunar.

Common opposites include heavenly, celestial, otherworldly, ethereal, empyreal, empyrean.

Related dictionary entries include terrene, sublunar, earthborn, earthlike, sublunary, temporal.

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