erthly
erthly is the obsolete form of earthly.
Meaning of earthly
Adjective
earthly (comparative earthlier, superlative earthliest)
- Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens.
- The Garden of Earthly Delights is full of earthly joys alongside grotesqueries, monstrosities, and torture.
- Synonyms:
- worldly, worldy, terrestrial, material, mundane, sublunar, sublunary, profane, temporal, areligious
- Antonyms:
- heavenly, celestial, otherworldly, ethereal, empyreal, empyrean, etheric, transcendental, sublime, spiritual
- Made of earth; earthy.
- We have this […] treasure in frail, brittle, and earthly vessels.1533, John Frith, An Other Boke against Rastel
- Used in negative contructions for emphasis.
- There is no earthly way, I mean no way on earth, that I will ever do that.
Forms of erthly
| comparative | more erthly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most erthly |
Questions about erthly
- What is erthly the obsolete form of?
- Erthly is the obsolete form of earthly.
Words near erthly in the dictionary
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