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unearthly

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unearthly
unearthly /ʌnˈɜːθli $ -ˈɜːr-/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: earth, earthling, earthiness; adjective: earthy, earthlyunearthly, earthen; verb: unearth; adverb: earthward(s)
1. very strange and unnatural, and probably frightening:
    His eyes shone with an unearthly light.
2. unearthly hour/time etc informal very early or very late and therefore extremely inconvenient:
    He suggested a meeting at some unearthly hour of the morning.