earthly
adjective
of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
earthliness
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a word derived from
earthly.
Example Sentences
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But, at least in his paintings, Soutine never sought to escape earthliness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
We try to turn away from our earthliness, but our prayers embody our appetites.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2014
Doll of course denies his earthliness, swears it is carnal knowledge of a fiend she has, and convicts herself of her witchcraft.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the earthliness of Mr. Glynn had brought her no comfort or security.
From The Four Corners of the World by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
But Gauguin could never, had he known of Blake, have pardoned in him the ultimate ascetic negation, the contemptuous denial of earthliness, of "the delusions of the goddess Nature."
From Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art by John Gould Fletcher
