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earthy

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earthy in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    crude  earthy  gross  vulgar 
  2. sensible and practical
    "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense"
    down-to-earth  earthy 
  3. of or consisting of or resembling earth
    "it had an earthy smell"; "only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean"
    earthy 
  4. not far removed from or suggestive of nature
    "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass"
    earthy 
  5. hearty and lusty
    "an earthy enjoyment of life"
    earthy 
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