earthly (redirected from earthlier)

earth·ly  (ûrthl)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of this earth.

2.

a. Terrestrial; not heavenly or divine: earthly existence.

b. Worldly: earthly delights; one's earthly possessions.

3. Conceivable; possible: no earthly meaning whatever.

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earthli·ness n.

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earthly [ˈɜːθlɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

1. of or characteristic of the earth as opposed to heaven; material or materialistic; worldly

2. (usually used with a negative) Informal conceivable or possible; feasible (in such phrases as not an earthly (chance), etc.)

earthliness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

earthly - of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" mortal - subject to death; "mortal beings" profane, secular - not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" worldly, secular, temporal - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" heavenly - of or belonging to heaven or god

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earthly

adjective

1. worldly, material, physical, secular, mortal, mundane, terrestrial, temporal, human, materialistic, profane, telluric, sublunary, non-spiritual, tellurian, terrene They lived in an earthly paradise.
worldly heavenly, spiritual, unearthly, immortal, supernatural, ethereal, immaterial, otherworldly

2. sensual, worldly, base, physical, gross, low, fleshly, bodily, vile, sordid, carnal He has forsworn all earthly pleasures for the duration of a season.

3. (Informal) possible, likely, practical, feasible, conceivable, imaginable What earthly reason would they have for lying?

Translations

earthly [ˈɜːθlɪ]

A. ADJ

1. (= terrestrial) → terrenal; (= worldly) → mundano
earthly paradise → paraíso m terrenal

2. (= possible) there is no earthly reason to think → no existe razón alguna para pensar ...
it's of no earthly use → no sirve para nada

B. N (Brit) he hasn't an earthly → no tiene posibilidad alguna, no tiene ninguna esperanza

earthly [ˈɜː^rθli] adj

(on earth) [life] → terrestre earthly paradise

(used for emphasis) no earthly reason (= no reason at all) → aucune raison, pas la moindre raison
There is no earthly reason to think → Il n'y a absolument aucune raison de penser que ..., Il n'y a pas la moindre raison de penser que ...
earthly paradise n → paradis m terrestre

earthly

adj

(= of this world) → irdisch

(inf: = possible) there is no earthly reason to think … → es besteht nicht der geringste Grund für die Annahme …; there’s no earthly reason why … → es gibt nicht den geringsten Grund, warum …; this thing is of no earthly use → das Ding hat nicht den geringsten Nutzen

n (inf) she doesn’t stand an earthly → sie hat nicht die geringste Chance

earthly [ˈɜːθlɪ] adj → terreno/a
earthly paradise → paradiso terrestre
there is no earthly reason to think ... → non vi è nessunissima ragione di pensare...
it's of no earthly use → non serve assolutamente a nulla

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earthly [ˈɜːθlɪ] adj → terreno/a
earthly paradise → paradiso terrestre
there is no earthly reason to think ... → non vi è nessunissima ragione di pensare...
it's of no earthly use → non serve assolutamente a nulla