earthly

[US]/'ɜːθlɪ/
[UK]/'ɝθli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. of or relating to the earth; possible (used for emphasis); of no use (or reason) at all; having no chance or possibility
n. secular, worldly.

Phrases & Collocations

earthly possessions

earthly pleasures

earthly desires

on earthly

earthly paradise

Example Sentences

They have not an earthly chance to win.

the renunciation of all earthly pleasures.

There's no earthly reason for me to go.

no earthly meaning whatever.

earthly delights; one's earthly possessions.

water is liquid at normal earthly temperatures.

all earthly happiness is but vanity.

In this earthly life nothing is perfect.

What earthly purpose can it serve?

Their team hasn't an earthly chance of winning.

there was no earthly reason why she should not come too.

There's no earthly reason for us to bear the blame for them.

There’s no earthly reason why she shouldn’t come with us.

she wouldn't stand an earthly if she tried to outrun him.

You've no earthly chance of driving from London to Bristol in under an hour.

The oblique rays of the sun on the orchards create this typical landscape that traditional iconography would associate with an earthly paradise.

You haven’t an earthly chance of beating her at tennis—she is one of the best players in the country.

At night earthly daughter cannot be able to bear or endure urgently ungird of extraterrestrial male take off your coat, does exclaim you that how so small?

Real-world Examples

It is in sight and earthly towards us.

Source: VOA Standard English_ Technology

Some are willing to try more earthly interventions.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

He also rules over the island's only earthly inhabitant, the dejected and demonized Caliban.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

Of love it may be said, the less earthly the less demonstrative.

Source: Returning Home

No matter what, no Earthly force can take those rights away.

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

" Ah" ! said Emma, " it is no earthly remedy I need" .

Source: Madame Bovary (Part One)

Do you have any earthly idea, mate, how ugly your bicycle is?

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

During our earthly life, the body dies; even the emotions become duller.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

The other princesses would accompany her to protect their sister from earthly dangers.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

But for de Beauvoir, earthly life was enthralling, sensual, and anything but static.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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