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Superlative for resembling or suggestive of earth or soil
“This stone is very compact, has a moderately fine grain, and exhales an earthy smell on being breathed upon.”
Superlative for natural, unsentimental and straightforward, without artificiality or pretension
“Dove's paintings possessed an earthy honesty I encountered far too rarely.”
Superlative for indelicate or coarse in appearance or manner
“No one was expecting him to move the way he did, poised with grace, an earthy ruggedness, and yet still dancing like a pro.”
Superlative for crude or vulgar in language, terminology or references
“The use of rhyming slang was frequent, and the program exposed itself to earthy language of a sort not often heard in that era.”
Superlative for earthly, terrestrial, worldly, as opposed to heavenly, marine
(of food) Superlative for recently procured or harvested
Superlative for having the smell, taste, and texture of game meat (which is typically slightly decomposed)
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