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earthlyadj.n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Saxon erthlīk , Old Icelandic jarðligr < the Germanic base of earth n.1 + the Germanic base of -ly suffix1. Compare heavenly adj. Compare also worldly adj. A. adj. 1. the world > the earth > [adjective] the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > material or not spiritual > merely material society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > belonging to unspiritual part of character OE 43 Forþon þæm wiþerweardan beoþ þæs mannes synna gecwemran þonnne [read þonne] eal eorþlic goldhord. OE (Corpus Cambr.) xxvi. 29 Ic ne drince heonunforð of þysum eorðlican wine ær þam dæge þe ic drince þæt niwe..on mines fæder rice. c1175 ( Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine (1993) 141 He [sc. Christ] alle ricen, æȝþer ȝe heofenlice ȝe eorþlicen, wissæð. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) l. 153 in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 169 Et lete him were al world wele and orðliche [v.rr. erðeliche, eordliche, werldliche] blisse. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 39 Þet þu luuie þine drihten ofer..alle eorðliche þing. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 3344 (MED) Erþliche man semeþ he nouȝt..Boute a fend stolen out of helle. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) l. 1157 (MED) Hou suld ani erdli fless Duelle wid þe in sikirness. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville (Caxton) (1859) i. xxx. 33 Man, of heuenly nature and erdely very partyner, knytteth to geders bothe heuen and erthe. 1526 W. Bonde Pref. sig. Aiv A pilgreme that entendeth to go to the erthly Ierusalem. ?1553 (1952) ii. i. 15 What yearethlye thinge is permanent or stable? 1574 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes vi. f. 15v According to the Nature of a corrupted and earthlie, consumable, or mortall Man. 1579 T. Lodge 7 To make a yearthly creature to beare the person of the creator. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iv. 107 Then is there mirth in heauen, When earthly things made eauen attone together. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Burney 5 I take in all things, Heavenly and earthly within my breast. 1668 J. Howe (1825) 273 Having voided thy mind of what is earthly and carnal. 1746 W. Wilkes 144 Moses..by a special Command and Authority of God, acted in a Post above any earthly King. 1750 J. Mayhew 52 And while I am speaking of loyalty to our earthly Prince, suffer me just to put you in mind to be loyal also to the supreme ruler of the universe. 1790 J. P. Kemble iii. i. 27 I am to be a nun, and so shall not be suspected to have any such earthly thoughts about me. 1810 W. Scott ii. 91 The pageant pomp of earthly man. 1858 F. W. Robertson ii. 191 This influence of the religious element of the imagination on the earthlier feeling. 1877 J. B. Mozley (ed. 3) i. 1 [The Church] has taken her own way in claiming earthly sovereignty. 1915 E. Wharton 12 Jan. (1988) 347 A ghost of a waiter..shuffled up & down the endless empty vista of the hall, obviously revisiting the scene of his earthly activities. 1934 J. G. Hogan 62 His earthly mind then recalled the sweet pleasures of court, the company of handsome women, the fair one whom he liked to call his own. 2000 17 Mar. 19/5 When his terminal illness was diagnosed, he..set about ending his earthly life with dignity and godly trustingness. the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adjective] > of possible occurrence eOE (transcript of damaged MS) xxii. 5 Se þe æfter rihte mid gerece wille inweardlice æfter spyrian swa deoplice, þæt hit todrifan ne mæg monna ænig, ne amerran huru ænig eorðlic ðincg. c1380 (1879) l. 3200 (MED) Ne douteþ he non erlich gome.] 1679 T. Shadwell iii. 43 A Wit is like a running Horse, good for no earthly thing beside. 1748 D. Mallet 53 To have even the Guilt of it imputed to you, without any other earthly Reason than that you are in Office. 1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Mar. 132/2 What earthly purpose could the pannel serve by such a..piece of villany? 1813 Oct. 628/2 If the words proposed to be left out were of any earthly use in producing the object which the Hon. Gentleman..had in view. 1838 C. Dickens 25 Jan. (1965) I. 359 The fifty pounds..makes no earthly difference. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers iv. 37 If a man were alone on an island..the precious metals would be of no earthly use. 1910 P. G. Wodehouse xxvii. 239 There's no earthly need to get out. 1922 July 47/2 What earthly use can you have for that? 2002 J. McGahern (2003) 97 Do you have any earthly idea where Italy is? the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [adjective] OE Ælfric Interrogationes Sigewulfi in Genesin (Corpus Cambr. 162) l, in (1884) 7 36 Hwi wurdon adydde ma þæra eorðlicra nytena [L. terrena animalia] on þam flode þonne þara sælicra fixa? 1592 H. Constable ii. sig. B2 Earthlie vapors drawne vp by the Sunne, Comets begin, and night-sunnes in the skie. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iv. 17 Richard cry'de..A Scepter, or an Earthly Sepulchre. View more context for this quotation 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in (rev. ed.) 1103 Some earthly Insects..are bred in the earth, some in living creatures. a1767 N. Evans (1772) 134 Oft in this wat'ry region fish are found, Resembling animals of earthly form. 3. the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [adjective] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. iv. 904 Abyes... haþ non erþely humour. c1450 J. Metham Palmistry (Garrett) in (1916) 88 And yf the ryght parte of the tryangyl be depe and gret and off an erthely [v.r. yerthly] coloure, yt sygnyfyith rudenes and boystusnes. 1495 (de Worde) iv. xi. sig. fvv/2 Yf this humour hath maystry..Soure sauour & sharpe & erthly is felt in the mouth. 1562 W. Turner (1568) 107 b Penny ryall..is made of a fyrie substance with som burnt erthly part. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens iii. xiv. 335 The roote is..covered with a thicke rinde or barke, of a browne earthly colour without. 1614 W. B. tr. (ed. 2) i. ii. 15 The gristles are..more earthly, drie, and hard, then Liguaments. 1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker App. 11 He said the mount..was of an earthly substance for a certaine depth. 1655 T. Stanley I. ii. 13 Creatures were first generated of humidity, calidity, and earthly Matter. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont 235 A prodigious Quantity of clear Water must be exhal'd, to get an Ounce of dry Sediments, either saline or earthly. 1771 J. Priestley in (Royal Soc.) 60 222 Metals and charcoal agree in consisting of phlogiston united to an earthly base. 1771 N. Nicholls (1843) 131 An earthly smell..exhaled by the sun from the loose and fermenting mould. 1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton (1837) I. 304 Thales..maintained the stars and sun to be earthly. 1853 E. K. Kane xlvi. 423 No earthly covering masks the grinning rocks of Proven. 1994 (Nexis) 11 Aug. 9 We tuned into rich, earthly smells, exotic floral fragrances and the moonlight. the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 2255) in J. O. Halliwell (1840) 241 Aftir cam syknesse, Malencolyk, erthely, a[n]d pale of faas. 1592 G. Babington (l.) f. 150 Wee see the force of loue loatheth not his dead face, his pale lips, his earthly hue at all, but breaketh and bursteth through all impedimentes, and showeth it selfe by true tokens. 1594 W. Shakespeare ii. iii. 229 A pretious ring..Doth shine vpon the dead mans earthly [printed earthy; corrected in 1623] cheekes. 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux iii. 133 Her speech was gone, pale, earthly, was her sight, A stone (not liuing creature) seemd she right. 1635 J. Reynolds (new ed.) ii. vi. 101 As his strength failes him, his red cheekes already looke pale and earthly, and his body infinitely swels. 1778 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens (ed. 2) v. 199 An earthly [1776 earthy] paleness o'er his cheeks was spread, Erect uprose his hairs of wither'd red. 1887 F. T. Havergal 14/1 Dear, dear, how earthly the old man do look. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > sluggish a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Yorks. 187 Nor so aery [sc. English horses] as the Spanish Gennets..nor so earthly as those in the Low-countries. (Harl. 221) 143/1 Erthly [1499 Pynson or of erthe made], terrenus, terrestris. 1876 C. E. Fitz-Gerald (1880) 247 An earthly man if conveyed to the sun would weigh 20,000 tons. 1908 H. G. Wells in Mar. 340/1 The same reason..will make the forms of the Martian animal kingdom laxer and flimsier..than earthly types. 1929 J. Williamson & M. J. Breuer 12 Is Pandorina the child of earthly parents?.. I came to earth in a meteor. 1949 R. A. Heinlein viii. 125 Jim had never heard a Martian speak an Earthly tongue before. 2006 A. Steffen et al. (2008) 533/2 Of greater long-term concern is the possibility of contaminating other planets with earthly microbes riding along on poorly handled space probes. B. n.OE (Northumbrian) iii. 12 Si terrena dixi uobis et non creditis quomodo si dixero uobis caelestia credetis : gif ða eorðlico [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. eorþlice þing] ic cueð iuh..& ne gelefes gee huu gif ic cueðo uel ic sægo iuh ða heofunlico ge gelefeð. OE (1992) x. 212 For þam iorðlicum ic sylle þa heofonlican, for þyssum willendlicum [i.e. hwilendlicum] þa ecan, for þyssum lænan life þæt unlæne. the world > people > person > [noun] 1651 G. Wither 62 Neither all earthlies nor Infernall powers, Shall able be to make a future rent, Betwixt you; or to shake that government. 1850 E. B. Browning (new ed.) II. 177 Let all earthlies and celestials wait Upon thy royal state. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton (1869) I. 179 Though the Earth dispart these Earthlies, face from face, Yet the Heavenlies shall surely join in Heaven. 2007 (Nexis) 15 Oct. Borgs aren't born like ordinary earthlies. Their special day is the first day they're booted up. the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or opportunity > slight chance the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > occupying the mind 1897 25 Sept. 623/2 On your present display you wouldn't stand an earthly against him. 1911 W. J. Locke xii. 134 Just an extra fiver on Punchinello. He's got no earthly—you know that as well as I do. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ xxix. 279 ‘Going to get away with it?’ ‘Not a hope, mate. Not a bleeding earthly.’ 1948 K. Williams 29 Feb. (1993) 24 I wonder if I stand an earthly in this? 1965 11 Nov. 765/3 Received standard, like the Liberals, won't stand an earthly. 1994 D. Healy (1995) 216 They have no idea of patterns. Not an earthly. 2002 28 Sept. (Mag.) 3/2 Later, I asked the winning designer Hugo Eccles what it meant. ‘Haven't an earthly,’ he replied. Derivatives 1869 Ld. Tennyson Holy Grail in 70 I speak too earthlywise, Seeing I never strayed beyond the cell. a1924 M. Ghose (1970) 298 Dost thou earthly-wise, Whom the world was for, My fair work despise, That far ancestor? 2000 G. Hinson v. 40 If I could refer back earthly-wise, to when it's cold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). earthlyadv.1 Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earth n.1, -ly suffix2. Etymology: < earth n.1 + -ly suffix2. OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt (1959) 49 Terrulenter : eorþlice. (Harl. 221) 143 Erthely, Terrene. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich xxviii. 265 Ne non Man that is Erthly levenge, but Onlich On Man. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in v. xxv. 95 They practise Geometrie, as beynge of the earth they speake earthlye and knowe not him whiche came frome aboue. 1585 T. Bilson iv. 594 They vse to say..that the Apostles did mingle certaine points of the law with the wordes of our Sauiour, & not the Apostles alone but Christ himselfe speak (somtimes earthly, somtimes heauenly, somtimes mixely) but they vndoubtedly, indefiledly & sincerely know the hidden mysterie. 1628 F. Hubert (unauthorized ed.) 132 Now of a Cushion thou must make a Crowne,..And on the earth thy Chaire of State sit downe. And why not so since thou art earthly bred? 1694 J. Clark tr. F. M. van Helmont 191 And doth not the calling of the Dragon down unto the Earth signifie his power which he will have over Carnal men, and such only as are Earthly wise? 1735 H. Brooke 4 How dost Thou glow with just Disdain..That Thought cou'd ever think Thee Earthly Born? 1837 T. M'Loughlin 42 When in possession of all they earthly sought—What are they there, but as the peasant man? 1850 F. W. Robertson (1861) 3rd Ser. ii. 27 Men think that heaven is to be a compensation for earthly loss: the saints are earthly-wretched here, the children of this world are earthly-happy. 1907 L. M. Eilshemius 414 The jealous throngs live earthly, with no dreamer's thought. 2004 P. Chintapalli 45 Since body is created from the earthly elements it is reasonable to keep replenishing it using earthly grown herbs and fruits. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † earthlyadv.2Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: earthly adj. Etymology: < earthly adj. (compare earthly adj. 1b). Obsolete. rare. the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > in any degree or at all 1833 W. Scott Rob Roy Introd., in XV. 287 I do not know earthly where to go or what to do. 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