adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 (written) connected with life on earth and not with any spiritual life:
earthly desires * the sorrows of this earthly life
2 (often used in questions and negatives for emphasis) possible:
There's no earthly reason why you shouldn't go. * What earthly difference is my opinion going to make? * He didn't have an earthly chance of getting the job.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for earthly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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