UNEARTHLY


Meaning of UNEARTHLY in English

“+ adjective

: not earthly: as

a. : not belonging to or characteristic of this earth : not terrestrial

the unearthly beauty of the fish and plant life … were probably comparable to a trip to the moon — John Tassos

the most unearthly region within reach of man — Walter Sullivan

b. : passing beyond natural limits : preternatural , supernatural , celestial

beings of unearthly splendor — W.M.Thackeray

an unearthly melody

an unearthly light

c. : weird , eerie

a moonlit … landscape unearthly with expectancy — Ann F. Wolfe

an unearthly soaring wail — D.C.Peattie

d. : not worldly or mundane : spiritual , ideal

unearthly love

revelation granted to us of what is unearthly — Algernon Blackwood

e. : not conforming to the usual experience, observation, or custom of everyday life : fantastic , preposterous

his picture of the unearthly leisureliness of English journalism — New Yorker

have to get up at unearthly hours — George Meredith

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.