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
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.
The glistening mushrooms were plump and earthy against the dry, crunchy pastry softened by the delicate, herby cream sauce.
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.
