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# earthy

adjective (earthier, earthiest)

«earthy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Earthy means made of or tasting of soil, dirt or the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthy/#m1)
2. Earthy also means plain, rough and close to nature, not fancy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthy/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the tales, food or a place that tastes or smells of the soil, such as roots and barleycorns that taste of the ground

### Examples

- The carrots had an earthy taste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthy/#x1)
- They dug a hole in the earthy bed of the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthy/#x2)
- The soup was thick and earthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthy/#x3)
- Her jokes were earthy but kind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthy/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «earthy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«earthy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/earthy.html) on Mova free.