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WOTD: earthy

Posted on November 17, 2020October 26, 2020 by Wordsmyth

adjective

1. realistic, practical, and unpretentious.
She found her new friends surprisingly earthy despite their aristocratic backgrounds.

2. unrefined, coarse, or sexually suggestive.

3. consisting of the properties of earth; of the soil.

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