earthly
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++earth·ly /ˈɜːθli $ ˈɜːrθli/ adjective 1 no earthly reason/use etc NONE/NOTHINGno reason, use etc at all 毫无缘由/用处等 I see no earthly reason why he shouldn’t come. 我不明白为什么他不该来。2 [only before noun] literaryWORLD connected with life on Earth rather than in heaven 尘世的，人间的 our earthly pleasures 我们尘世间的欢乐 an earthly paradise 人间乐园Examples from the Corpus
earthly• They become bogeymen, earthly Aliens, and -- despite the fake human faces they develop -- very easy to spot.• What earthly cause could there be for him to think they are both working on the same side now?• Buddha taught that earthly existence is full of suffering.• Believers wanted to be detached in many ways from earthly life and attached to heavenly life through a process called salvation.• They were seen as the earthly links to the gods of the underworld.• In its upright form it represents the vertical thrust of life across sedimentary layers of earthly matter.• Remind us again Lord, that we can pray, and that your sovereignty is greater than any earthly power.• Surely there's no earthly reason why you should not come with me to mass?• Eventually we find him established as a hermit at Finchale, having abandoned the pursuit of earthly treasure.earth·ly adjectiveChineseSyllable
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earthly
earth‧ly /ˈɜːθli $ ˈɜːrθli/
adjective
I see no earthly reason why he shouldn’t come.
2. [only before noun] literary connected with life on Earth rather than in heaven:
our earthly pleasures
an earthly paradise
earth‧ly /ˈɜːθli $ ˈɜːrθli/
adjective Word Family: noun: earth, earthling, earthiness; adjective: earthy, earthly ≠ unearthly, earthen; verb: unearth; adverb: earthward(s)
1. no earthly reason/use etc no reason, use etc at all: 2. [only before noun] literary connected with life on Earth rather than in heaven: