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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Unearthly  \Un*earth"ly\,  a. 
  Not  terrestrial;  supernatural;  preternatural;  hence  weird; 
  appalling;  terrific;  as  an  unearthly  sight  or  sound.  -- 
  {Un*earth"li*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  unearthly 
  adj  1:  concerned  with  or  affecting  the  spirit  or  soul;  "a  spiritual 
  approach  to  life";  "spiritual  fulfillment";  "spiritual 
  values";  "unearthly  love"  [syn:  {spiritual}] 
  2:  suggesting  the  operation  of  supernatural  influences;  "an 
  eldritch  screech";  "the  three  weird  sisters"; 
  "stumps...had  uncanny  shapes  as  of  monstrous  creatures"- 
  John  Galsworthy  "an  unearthly  light";  "he  could  hear  the 
  unearthly  scream  of  some  curlew  piercing  the  din"-  Henry 
  Kingsley  [syn:  {eldritch},  {weird},  {uncanny}] 




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