What is the meaning of earthy?

adjective

  • Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent.
    • usage: "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"
  • Not far removed from or suggestive of nature.
    • usage: "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass"
  • Hearty and lusty.
    • usage: "an earthy enjoyment of life"
  • Of or consisting of or resembling earth.
    • usage: "it had an earthy smell"; "only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean"
  • Sensible and practical.
    • usage: "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense"
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