Meaning

Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
2. Composed, or largely composed, of soil.
3. (figurative) Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
4. (figurative) Coarse and unrefined, crude.
5. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
6. Covered with earth (mud, dirt).

Example Sentences

The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.

Beyond here the tides are not felt, and we now entered upon a district of elevated forest, with a finer vegetation. Large trees stretch out their arms across the stream, and the steep, earthy banks are clothed with ferns and zingiberaceous plants.

She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.

Meekly thou didſt reſign this earthy load / Of Death, call'd Life;

YSL, as he is often called, is equally capable of casual, aristocratic cruelty and earthy, spontaneous tenderness, and when you study his face it can be hard to distinguish boredom from rapture.

earthy humour

He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.

Word Forms

• earthier
• earthiest

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When Should You Use Earthy?

Use earthy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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