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# unearthly

adjective

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

## Everyday

1. Strange and eerie, as if it belonged to a world other than ours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unearthly/#m1)
2. (informal) Very early or very late: at an unearthly hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unearthly/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, sounds, lights or powers from ghosts, fairies or spirits

### Examples

- An unearthly howl came from the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unearthly/#x1)
- The maiden's eyes shone with an unearthly light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unearthly/#x2)
- Why are you up at this unearthly hour? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unearthly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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