ADJECTIVE | all | earthly | of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven |
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Sounds | er'thliy | |
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Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... |
Meaning | Of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven. | |
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Narrower | earthborn | Connected with earthly life |
earthbound | Confined to the earth | |
earthlike | resembling or characteristic of earth | |
mundane, terrene | belonging to this earth or world | |
sublunar, sublunary, terrestrial | Of this earth | |
temporal | Of this earth or world | |
See also | mortal | Subject to death |
profane, secular | not concerned with or devoted to religion | |
worldly, secular, temporal | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | |
Opposite | heavenly | Of or belonging to heaven or god |
Spanish | mundano, terrenal, terrestre | |
Catalan | terrenal | |
Nouns | Earth, earth | the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) |
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