— terrestrially , adv.
/teuh res"tree euhl/ , adj.
1. pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets.
2. of or pertaining to land as distinct from water.
3. Bot.
a. growing on land; not aquatic.
b. growing in the ground; not epiphytic or aerial.
4. Zool. living on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or aerial.
5. of or pertaining to the earth or this world; worldly; mundane.
n.
6. an inhabitant of the earth, esp. a human being.
[ 1400-50; late ME terrestri ( s ) pertaining to earth (deriv. of terra earth) + -AL 1 ]
Syn. 1. terrene. See earthly .
Ant. 1. celestial.