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Comparative 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.”
Comparative for natural, unsentimental and straightforward, without artificiality or pretension
“Dove's paintings possessed an earthy honesty I encountered far too rarely.”
Comparative 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.”
Comparative 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.”
Comparative for earthly, terrestrial, worldly, as opposed to heavenly, marine
(of food) Comparative for recently procured or harvested
Comparative for having the smell, taste, and texture of game meat (which is typically slightly decomposed)
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