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
Deep as we may have been once in earthliness, so deep we may also be in penitence, and so high we may become in spirituality.
From Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series by Frederick William Robertson
God knew in what realms of pure romance, and of passion so sublimated by innocence that no tinge of earthliness remained, the two wandered in their dreams.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
