DOWN-TO-EARTH


Meaning of DOWN-TO-EARTH in English

adjective

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I never met a more down-to-earth young woman in my life.

Yazzie's approach is much more down-to-earth .

That feat could not be achieved without making Maurice more down-to-earth than he was.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

People are surprised by what an unpretentious, down-to-earth guy he really is.

She's sophisticated, but also practical and down-to-earth .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Eyre's down-to-earth style was well suited to the exploration of these recondite matters.

He thought that it was good to be down-to-earth and scientific.

I never met a more down-to-earth young woman in my life.

Looked a sensible, down-to-earth type to me, and he might be a corrective to what we've just been hearing.

Luckily none of us are massive egotists, we're down-to-earth people, really.

What we want is down-to-earth accountability, not lots of incomprehensible grand ideas.

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