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down-to-earth

[ doun-too-urth, -tuh- ]
/ ˈdaʊn tuˈɜrθ, -tə- /
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adjective

practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.

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Words related to down-to-earth

sensible, hardheaded, pragmatic, no-nonsense, realistic, sober, common, easy, hard, matter-of-fact, mundane, rational, sane, commonsense, unidealistic, unsentimental

Words nearby down-to-earth

down-easter, down-home, down-low, down-market, down-the-line, down-to-earth, downbeat, downburst, downcast, downcome, downcomer

Origin of down-to-earth

First recorded in 1925–30
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British Dictionary definitions for down-to-earth

down-to-earth

adjective

sensible; practical; realistic
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