Earthly means happening in the material world of our life on Earth and not in any spiritual life or life after death.
...the need to confront evil during the earthly life.
They lived in an earthly paradise.
Synonyms: worldly, material, physical, secular More Synonyms of earthly
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Earthly is used for emphasis in phrases such as no earthly reason. If you say that there is no earthly reasonwhy something should happen, you are emphasizing that there is no reason at all why it should happen.
[emphasis]
There is no earthly reason why they should ever change.
What earthly reason would they have for lying?
There's no earthly use saying it isn't true.
Synonyms: possible, likely, practical, feasible More Synonyms of earthly
More Synonyms of earthly
earthly in British English
(ˈɜːθlɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -lier or -liest
1.
of or characteristic of the earth as opposed to heaven; material or materialistic; worldly
2. (usually used with a negative) informal
conceivable or possible; feasible (in such phrases as not an earthly (chance), etc)
Derived forms
earthliness (ˈearthliness)
noun
earthly in American English
(ˈɜrθli)
adjective
1.
of the earth
; specif.,
a.
terrestrial
b.
worldly
c.
temporal or secular
2.
conceivable; possible
a thing of no earthly good
SYNONYMY NOTE: earthly is applied to that which belongs to the earth or to the present life and is chieflycontrasted with heavenly [earthly pleasures]; terrestrial, having as its opposite celestial (both Latin-derived parallels of the preceding terms), has special application informal and scientific usage [terrestrial magnetism]; worldly implies reference to the material concerns or pursuits of humankind and is chieflycontrasted with spiritual [worldly wisdom]; mundane, although often used as a close synonym of , worldly, now esp. stresses the commonplace or practical aspects of life [to return to mundane matters after a flight of fancy]
Derived forms
earthliness (ˈearthliness)
noun
Examples of 'earthly' in a sentence
earthly
Which means, no earthly reason to go near the brutes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He didn't suffer for any earthly reason.
Christianity Today (2000)
His earthly life ended with a literal shake-up.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There is no earthly reason for it to be here - apart from the staggering view, a sea breeze and sheer joie de vivre.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
earthly
British English: earthly ADJECTIVE
Earthly means happening in the material world of our life on Earth and not in any spiritual life or life after death.
...the need to confront evil during the earthly life.
American English: earthly
Brazilian Portuguese: terrestre
Chinese: 尘世的
European Spanish: terrenal
French: terrestre
German: irdisch
Italian: terreno
Japanese: この世の
Korean: 이승의
European Portuguese: terrestre
Latin American Spanish: terrenal
1 (adjective)
Definition
of life on earth as opposed to any heavenly or spiritual state
They lived in an earthly paradise.
Synonyms
worldly
It is time you woke up and focused your thoughts on more worldly matters.
material
physical
secular
secular and religious education
mortal
We are designed to be mortal.
mundane
spiritual immortals who had transcended the mundane world
terrestrial
terrestrial life forms
temporal
Clergy should not be preoccupied with temporal matters.
human
materialistic
profane
Churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes.
telluric
sublunary
non-spiritual
tellurian
terrene
Opposites
heavenly
,
spiritual
,
unearthly
,
immortal
,
supernatural
,
ethereal
,
immaterial
,
otherworldly
2 (adjective)
He has forsworn all earthly pleasures for the duration of a season.
Synonyms
sensual
sensual pleasure
worldly
base
Love has the power to overcome the baser emotions.
physical
the physical problems caused by the illness
gross
low
That was a really low trick.
fleshly
bodily
There's more to eating than just bodily needs.
vile
a vile and despicable crime
sordid
He put his head in his hands as his sordid life was exposed.
carnal
Their passion became inflamed and their carnal desires ran wild.
3 (adjective)
Definition
conceivable or possible
(informal)
What earthly reason would they have for lying?
Synonyms
possible
It's just possible that he was trying to put me off the trip.
likely
It's likely that he still has it.
practical
We do not yet have any practical way to prevent cancer.
feasible
The deal was not economically feasible.
conceivable
It is just conceivable that a single survivor may be found.
imaginable
They encourage every activity imaginable.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of base
Definition
dishonourable or immoral
Love has the power to overcome the baser emotions.
Synonyms
dishonourable,
evil,
corrupt,
infamous,
disgraceful,
vulgar,
shameful,
vile,
immoral,
scandalous,
wicked,
sordid,
abject,
despicable,
depraved,
ignominious,
disreputable,
contemptible,
villainous,
ignoble,
discreditable,
scungy (Australian, New Zealand)
in the sense of bodily
Definition
relating to the human body
There's more to eating than just bodily needs.
Synonyms
physical,
material,
actual,
substantial (formal),
fleshly,
tangible,
corporal,
carnal,
corporeal
in the sense of carnal
Definition
of a sexual or sensual nature
Their passion became inflamed and their carnal desires ran wild.