terrestrial
adjective
pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets.
superterrestrial
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a word derived from
terrestrial.
Example Sentences
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It is the opinion of psychologists that the most poignant excesses are induced by aspirations for superterrestrial felicities, by a desire, human, and therefore pitiable, to clutch some fringe of the mantle of stars.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
He hurried to his atelier, and stretching the canvass began to paint as if inspired by divine power, he charmed before him the superterrestrial woman—for so he thought her—with the full glow of life.
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
Only the painted flowers gazed at her from the walls, and from above the altar the statue of the goddess full of superterrestrial calm.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Alexander Glovatski
"But really," said the Prophet, who had flushed red, but who still spoke with pleasant mildness, "what influence can neighbourhood have upon such a superterrestrial matter?"
From The Prophet of Berkeley Square by Robert Smythe Hichens
The whole moral appeal of the church rested on the superterrestrial world which it asserted and pictured.
From The Chief End of Man by George Spring Merriam
