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unearthly

UK/ʌnˈɜːθ.li/ US/ʌnˈɝθ.li/ rare

adjective

1.

concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul

  • “a spiritual approach to life”
  • “spiritual fulfillment”
  • “spiritual values”
  • “unearthly love”
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2.

suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

  • “an eldritch screech”
  • “the three weird sisters”
  • “stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures” John Galsworthy
  • “an unearthly light”
  • “he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din” Henry Kingsley

Origin

From un- + earthly.

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