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earthly
earthly /ˈɜːθli $ ˈɜːrθli/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: earth, earthling, earthiness; adjective: earthy, earthlyunearthly, earthen; verb: unearth; adverb: earthward(s)
1. no earthly reason/use etc no reason, use etc at all:
    I see no earthly reason why he shouldn’t come.
2. [only before noun] literary connected with life on Earth rather than in heaven:
    our earthly pleasures
    an earthly paradise