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earthier

a. (en-comparative of: earthy)

WordNet
earthy
  1. adj. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: coarse, crude, gross, vulgar]

  2. not far removed from or suggestive of nature; "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass"

  3. hearty and lusty; "an earthy enjoyment of life"

  4. sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense" [syn: down-to-earth]

  5. [also: earthiest, earthier]

earthier

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Usage examples of "earthier".

I could smell the sea, miles away, a faint salty tang in the air, and the stronger, earthier smell of the peat.

They were very similar to Elizabethan ballads, with an earthier, more direct quality than those smooth-flowing, prosaic pieces.

When we old are carried to church, it is in a slower cart and for an earthier ceremony.

The sweet, mingled scents from the overrun garden and the earthier smell of the nearby bayou formed a heavy perfume.

There was the sweetness of roses, the earthier scent of ferns and moss and.

He could detect the odour of a womaWs perfume, and beneath that, imperfectly 21 masked by ambergris, civet and damask, another earthier smell.

As with the ochre red of the Carthagan pavilions, the colours on the ground were earthier, the hues not bright red, yellow, brown, blue or green, but more textured, as burnt sienna, amber, raw umber, aubergine, tawny and jade.

Her scent, of soap and perfume, stood out against the earthier odors of the Aerie and made him think of other days, and nights.

Still, the Halogai also boasted wizards, though their craft was earthier, often bloodier, than this play with light itself.

Inside, the air was perfumed with the sugar-sweet scent of orange blossom and the earthier aroma of leaf mold and mulch.

Gods, in Celtic lore, are, well, earthier than say the Greek or Roman ones.

The Countess of Sandport lent her cherished portative wind-organ and an ensemble of musicians to enhance the dignity of the feast of welcome and the coronation ceremony itself, while the gleemen of Lord Mosstor would provide earthier entertainment during the reception and grand banquet scheduled to wind up the celebration tomorrow.

Slightly taller and leaner than their earthier cousins, the mountain dwarves were no less muscled.

She it had been who had encouraged Malfurion when he had chosen to turn from the sorcery of the night elves to another, earthier power.