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Definition of earthy in English: earthyadjectiveearthier, earthiest ˈəːθiˈərθi 1Resembling or suggestive of earth or soil. Example sentencesExamples - I choose the wild mushroom tagliatelle, full of earthy porcini flavour rather than cream, followed by pan-fried monkfish with capers, rosemary and crispy potatoes.
- He smelled good; earthy and real, no perfume or cologne like Joe's and the other men who had once courted her.
- Good compost should smell earthy, even sweet, and should be dark and crumbly.
- New pest and weed problems appeared, and the soil became harder and lost its earthy smell.
- Deep ripe raspberry aromas and peppery spice scents deliver a smooth rounded mouthful of robust earthy raspberry flavours, firm tannins and classic peppery finale.
- Work on the east wing has been completed, restoring the natural, earthy colour of the plaster, and enhancing the red brick.
- Experts say the earthy smell is caused by geosmin, a chemical produced by a common bacterium, streptomyces coelicolor, found in most soils.
- I could see a few strands of root protruding out of the walls, and the place had an earthy smell to it.
- It was faint, barely there, but he could sense the misplaced aroma of foreign spices amid the earthy smells of rain and horse.
- Take a sniff; if the soil smells rank and sour, instead of earthy, the plants have been over-watered and may have root rot.
- Meanwhile, cool and tawny neutrals ground many collections with a natural and earthy element.
- In another salad, waxy redskin potatoes with a deep, earthy flavour were served warm, along with a poached egg, on a combination of leaves and vegetables sprinkled with sesame seeds.
- With specialist ingredients from rare spices through to exotic vegetables and fresh seafood our menu combines earthy, traditional Indian flavours with cutting edge style.
- My favourite so far has been the local mushrooms the like of which I've never tasted - earthy and full of flavour.
- The trend is for more natural and earthy colors and textures.
- She moved slowly through the darkness, the earthy smell of damp roots and soil all about her.
- In the gust of wind that followed him, she smelled the earthy scent of a sandalwood perfume, mixed with silk and leather.
- A earthy, musky smell exuded from the forest that now surrounded him.
- At the time I thought the wine was far too heavy and had an earthy flavour.
- The rich, earthy smell of the shampoo Kia always used drifted from her golden hair, tickling the inside of his nostril.
- The distinctive earthy flavour of the food is now lost, to be perhaps sourced only in a few remote villages.
- All rooms are decorated with natural fibers and earthy colors like adobe and grass green and have wood floors.
- There was a soft, earthy smell, and it was pleasantly warm, with a fire burning low in the hearth.
- Open the door and breathe in the mossy, earthy smell of saturated soil.
2(of a person or their language) direct and uninhibited, especially about sexual subjects or bodily functions. their good-natured vulgarity and earthy humour she's very earthy and voluptuous Example sentencesExamples - There's plenty of earthy language, but lots of laughs too.
- So she used earthy language and tore off her wig, startling the other members of the court with her informality.
- Their sense of humour is dry and earthy, based on observing the reality of life.
- The man's perennial good humor, his sympathetic understanding of any and all problems, his salty language and his earthy comments are a vital contribution to the morals of the ship.
- Similarly, the overtures go well, yet the conductor misses something of the earthy humor of the Academic Festival.
- The movement contrasts pale, exquisite images of melancholy with extrovert, earthy humour and frequently makes comically literal references to hunting or farming scenes in the text.
- When we meet, she exudes a natural, earthy sexiness.
- These outer movements are witty, but the internal ones are either passionate or governed by a more earthy sense of humor.
- His earthy humor, his ability to joke when things seemed darkest, and his endless supply of homespun stories certainly helped him cope with the crises of war.
- He also had a reputation for a decidedly earthy sense of humor.
- Her robust, earthy attractiveness roared back to life in earnest as she responded warmly to his embrace.
- The Doctor's harrowing account of the orthopaedic centres for polio and landmine victims was punctuated with the earthy humour of the people he deals with.
- He was sharply perceptive and had an earthy, sly humour which put an edge on his nice irony.
- One of the most compelling qualities of the book is its retention from the archives of the earthy language of the people.
- She says what she thinks and has an earthy sense of humour.
- A bold feminist, Agnes exudes a magnetic, if earthy, sexual attraction, helped no end by her ever-revealing cleavage.
- The film's earthy language meant it had problems attracting an American distributor.
- Walt Whitman, for example, created a fantastic self-image which appealed to those seeking an earthy, robust American literary voice.
- One gets from this image a similar ‘patchwork’ promise of extended sadness, of mixed dreams realized in fragments with an earthy vigorous humor.
- It contributed a repertory of immortal songs easily memorable by their combination of direct tunes and earthy good humour.
Synonyms bawdy, ribald, off colour, racy, rude, vulgar, lewd, crude, foul, coarse, uncouth, rough, dirty, filthy, smutty, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, indecorous, obscene informal blue, raunchy, locker-room, X-rated British informal fruity, saucy, near the knuckle, close to the bone North American informal gamy euphemistic adult
Derivatives adverb However earthily they like to present themselves, critics and poets alike are addicted to the rhetorical juggling of opposites. Example sentencesExamples - But hers is an earthily sensual Minimalism with a genealogy that can be traced back to Karl Blossfeldt and Eva Hesse, a spare essentialism that engages both body and mind.
- It's a Jim Henson studio creation, ugly but expressive and earthily magical.
- The novel opens earthily with their first coupling.
- Courbet earthily depicts the digging of the grave; Manet represents a cortège, not necessarily meant to be seen in the context of the cemetery, but en route.
noun ˈəːθɪnəsˈərθinəs The breeze smelt of leaf-mulch and coal-smoke, with an underlying earthiness betraying the cold and hibernating pasture lands that lie just beyond the town. Example sentencesExamples - Once I was nearly turned away from a club - known more for its earthiness than its elitism - because a bouncer had detected ‘sporty elements’ in my footwear.
- The thing about Dean is that he has an earthiness, that connection to nature, and people are attracted to it.
- The langoustine tails were exquisite bites of concentrated shellfish flavours, and they went very well with the earthiness of the mushrooms - surf 'n' turf with a vegetarian twist.
- This long-overdue debut from a born writer is a remarkably honest and disturbing book, which self-assuredly combines raw earthiness with dreamlike poetry.
Definition of earthy in US English: earthyadjectiveˈərTHēˈərθi 1Resembling or suggestive of earth or soil. Example sentencesExamples - The rich, earthy smell of the shampoo Kia always used drifted from her golden hair, tickling the inside of his nostril.
- Open the door and breathe in the mossy, earthy smell of saturated soil.
- I choose the wild mushroom tagliatelle, full of earthy porcini flavour rather than cream, followed by pan-fried monkfish with capers, rosemary and crispy potatoes.
- I could see a few strands of root protruding out of the walls, and the place had an earthy smell to it.
- My favourite so far has been the local mushrooms the like of which I've never tasted - earthy and full of flavour.
- All rooms are decorated with natural fibers and earthy colors like adobe and grass green and have wood floors.
- Work on the east wing has been completed, restoring the natural, earthy colour of the plaster, and enhancing the red brick.
- New pest and weed problems appeared, and the soil became harder and lost its earthy smell.
- Good compost should smell earthy, even sweet, and should be dark and crumbly.
- The trend is for more natural and earthy colors and textures.
- In another salad, waxy redskin potatoes with a deep, earthy flavour were served warm, along with a poached egg, on a combination of leaves and vegetables sprinkled with sesame seeds.
- A earthy, musky smell exuded from the forest that now surrounded him.
- With specialist ingredients from rare spices through to exotic vegetables and fresh seafood our menu combines earthy, traditional Indian flavours with cutting edge style.
- It was faint, barely there, but he could sense the misplaced aroma of foreign spices amid the earthy smells of rain and horse.
- Meanwhile, cool and tawny neutrals ground many collections with a natural and earthy element.
- He smelled good; earthy and real, no perfume or cologne like Joe's and the other men who had once courted her.
- At the time I thought the wine was far too heavy and had an earthy flavour.
- Take a sniff; if the soil smells rank and sour, instead of earthy, the plants have been over-watered and may have root rot.
- Experts say the earthy smell is caused by geosmin, a chemical produced by a common bacterium, streptomyces coelicolor, found in most soils.
- Deep ripe raspberry aromas and peppery spice scents deliver a smooth rounded mouthful of robust earthy raspberry flavours, firm tannins and classic peppery finale.
- In the gust of wind that followed him, she smelled the earthy scent of a sandalwood perfume, mixed with silk and leather.
- She moved slowly through the darkness, the earthy smell of damp roots and soil all about her.
- There was a soft, earthy smell, and it was pleasantly warm, with a fire burning low in the hearth.
- The distinctive earthy flavour of the food is now lost, to be perhaps sourced only in a few remote villages.
- 1.1 (of a person or their language) direct and uninhibited, especially about sexual subjects or bodily functions.
their good-natured vulgarity and earthy humor she's very earthy and voluptuous Example sentencesExamples - You are earthy, practical and grounded in work situations also emotional and spiritual in personal matters.
- I suspect that Clinton always had this problem when dealing with the elites whom he was more than smart enough to hob-nob with - he was too earthy, too sexual, too down and dirty.
- Noah loved surfing more than soccer, volleyball and baseball combined; he was a naturally earthy, wholesome person.
- She had been very much a caring, earthy person who would enfold sorrow in her arms and dissolve it away.
- As far as Wright's students were concerned and the medical faculty he was as earthy, witty and happy to share in an inebriated night as ever he'd been, probably more so.
- He's so earthy that linemen court his company.
- She was so different from so many women that Scott knew around his circle of friends in that she was more earthy.
- Hidden underneath your cool exterior is an earthy and very sensual person who enjoys feeling feminine.
- She is earthy, a free spirit, who doesn't get too worked up by her appearance, she has nothing to hide (Cleo confesses that she would not be able to model).
Synonyms bawdy, ribald, off colour, racy, rude, vulgar, lewd, crude, foul, coarse, uncouth, rough, dirty, filthy, smutty, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, indecorous, obscene
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