| 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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