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Definition of Down-to-earth
1. Adjective. Sensible and practical. "Her earthy common sense"
Definition of Down-to-earth
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) Practical; realistic; pragmatic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Down-to-earth
Literary usage of Down-to-earth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1871)
"It may not be able to raise our thoughts to heaven ; but, at least, it cannot
drag them down to earth by associations from the theatre, the ball-room, ..."
2. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Exposé of by Ann Eliza Young (1875)
""—The "Gods" hold a Conversazione, — Michael is sent down to Earth. — The " Tree
of Life." — How Raisins grew instead of Apples. — Not good to be Alone. ..."
3. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage by Ann Eliza Young, John Bartholomew Gough, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1876)
"Michael is sent down to Earth. — The " Tree of Life." — How Raisins grew instead
of Apples. — Not good to be Alone. — The Rib abstracted and little Eve made ..."
4. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Exposé of by Ann Eliza Young (1875)
"Michael is sent down to Earth. — The " Tree of Life." — How Raisins grew instead
of Apples. — Not good to be Alone. — The Rib abstracted and little Eve made ..."
5. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"What confirms him in the belief of this, is, that the great man told him, that
he must come down to earth, be born of such a woman, meet with such and such ..."
6. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1829)
"What confirms him in the belief of this, is, that the great man told him, that
he must come down to earth, be born of such a woman, meet with such and such ..."
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