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Earthliness

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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.
earthli·ness n.
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What a fool is he who locks his door to keep out spirits, who has in his own bosom a spirit he dares not meet alone,--whose voice, smothered far down, and piled over with mountains of earthliness, is yet like the forewarning trumpet of doom!
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
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