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unearthly(dictionary)

unearthly (iou)



unearthly adjective. E17.
[from UN-1 + EARTHLY.]
Not earthly or terrestrial; exalted, sublime; celestial. E17.
Supernatural, ghostly; mysterious, sinister. E19.
Dickens A strange unearthly figure, whom Gabriel felt..was no being of this world. C. Geikie Suddenly an unearthly sound broke from one side, a sort of screech.
Not appropriate to anything earthly; absurdly early or inconvenient. colloq. M19.
Sunday Times In the Army I often had to get up at an unearthly hour.
unearthliness noun M19.