earthly[adjective]Synonyms:- worldly, human, material, mortal, secular, temporal
- possible, conceivable, feasible, imaginable, likely, practical
Contrasted words: celestial, empyreal, empyrean, heavenly, ideal, utopian, divine, spiritual
Related Words: carnal,
corporeal,
earthbound,
physical,
material,
temporal,
unspiritual,
imaginable,
potential [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
earth‧ly /ˈɜːθli $ ˈɜːrθli/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
earth,
earthling,
earthiness;
adjective:
earthy,
earthly ≠
unearthly,
earthen;
verb:
unearth;
adverb: earthward(s)]
1. no earthly reason/use etc no reason, use etc at all:
I see no earthly reason why he shouldn’t come.2. [only before noun] literary connected with life on Earth rather than in heaven:
our earthly pleasures an earthly paradise [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲