Webster's English Dictionary

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earthly

earth.ly \'*rth-le-\ aj 1a: characteristic of or belonging to this earth  
   1b: relating to man's actual life on this earth  2: POSSIBLE ed chiefly in 
   opposition to heavenly {earthly love} TERRESTRIAL im opposition to 
   celestial, or in distinction to marine, aerial, or arboreal; MUNDANE and 
   WORLDLY both imply a relation to the immediate concerns and activities of 
   men, MUNDANE used in opposition esp. to eternal {mundane discussion of 
   finances} WORLDLY in opposition to spiritual {worldly satisfactions} SYN 
   syn TERRESTRIAL, MUNDANE, WORLDLY: EARTHLY is us