earthly
IPA: ˈɝθɫi
noun
- (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).
adjective
- Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven; terrestrial.
- (negative, informal) Used for emphasis
- (obsolete) Made of earth; earthy.
adverb
- in an earthly manner.
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Examples of "earthly" in Sentences
- Jehovah's Witness #1: We don't vote in earthly elections.
- Along the way he's assisted by a woman who may (or may not) be Lucifer in earthly form.
- All men are miserable in earthly kingdoms, for fate leaves no-one under the heavens unchanged.
- We should not be distracted like those who have placed their heart entirely in earthly goods ....
- This is like Governor Mike Huckabee's miracles can defeat math in earthly matters; Huckabee is now an 'also ran'.
- His Eminence Don Pelasio de Labastida, an eighteenth century bishop of Mexico City set a scandalous example of such indulgence in earthly pleasures.
- People, the moment you start rationalizing earthly power and authority in * earthly* government has been established by GOD, you challenge and threaten to take away our earthly agency and our sense of the Divine invested in us in the call to "do good, do justice" and change corrupt government.
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