earthy vs earthly
Definitions
adjective
- sensible and practical
- not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- hearty and lusty
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- of or consisting of or resembling earth
Examples
The glistening mushrooms were plump and earthy against the dry, crunchy pastry softened by the delicate, herby cream sauce.
Brick with blurred colors or flecks of color in earthy tones of red, brown, black and buff appear completely at home in a rustic setting.
Spaghetti carbonara and giant, ricotta-stuffed ravioli in an earthy sauté of porcini mushrooms, barely touched with tomato, both did credit to the pasta roster.
Definitions
adjective
- of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
Examples
His Eminence Don Pelasio de Labastida, an eighteenth century bishop of Mexico City set a scandalous example of such indulgence in earthly pleasures.
The job involved getting up at some unearthly hour to catch the first train.
Good luck to him: but there is no earthly reason why BBC radio should timidly do the same, and debauch one of our greatest programmes in the process.
