Added 9 October 2026
earthly
/ˈəːθli/ adjective
In Latin: terrestris Wiktionary
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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.
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Used in negative contructions for emphasis.
There is no earthly way, I mean no way on earth, that I will ever do that.
noun
- That which is of the earth or earthly; a terrestrial being.
- A slightest chance (of success etc.) or idea (about something).
adverb
- in an earthly manner.
Origin
From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”).
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