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Definition of Earthily
1. in an earthy manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthily
Literary usage of Earthily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Times and Gazette (1867)
"... the following signs of hereditary syphilis — earthily tinted and often pale
countenance, singly notched upper incisors and flat or thick bridge of nose, ..."
2. Poet Lore (1913)
"A. — To you was given what was given all, An earthly life, to live it earthily.
A spirit, faithful, stirs within you all That bids you breathe an inner plan ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1888)
"... the acclivity of Saint Michael—just thirty-six years before, brought up simply,
earthily, at nurse in one of the neighbouring villages, ..."
4. The Comic History of the United States: From a Period Prior to the Discovery by John D. Sherwood (1870)
"... has become by cultivation a very rank weed, smelling earthily to heaven.
Its numerous Young off-shoots require severe cutting, if not distinct subsoil ..."
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