earthly

== English == === Alternative forms === Earthly === Etymology === From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth +‎ -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəːθli/ === Adjective === earthly (comparative earthlier, superlative earthliest) Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens. Synonyms: worldly, worldy, terrestrial, material, mundane, sublunar, sublunary, profane, temporal; see also Thesaurus:secular, Thesaurus:unholy, Thesaurus:ephemeral Antonyms: heavenly, celestial, otherworldly, ethereal, empyreal, empyrean, etheric, transcendental, sublime, spiritual, eternal; see also Thesaurus:holy, Thesaurus:eternal (obsolete) Made of earth; earthy. (informal) Used in negative contructions for emphasis. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Middle Scots: erthlie, eirthlie Scots: yirthly ==== Translations ==== === Noun === earthly (plural earthlies) (collective or in the plural) That which is of the earth or earthly; a terrestrial being. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:earthly. (UK, colloquial) A slightest chance (of success etc.) or idea (about something). === Adverb === earthly (comparative more earthly, superlative most earthly) in an earthly manner. === Further reading === “earthly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “earthly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “earthly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Earthly”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Hartley, hartely, hartley, heartly, hetaryl, lathery