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Unearthly — is an shōjo Original English language manga series written by Ted Naifeh, with art by Elmer Damaso and is published by Seven Seas Entertainment.Plot summaryFrom the Eisner nominated creator of Courtney Crumrin comes a tale of star crossed lovers… … Wikipedia
Unearthly — Un*earth ly, a. Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. {Un*earth li*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unearthly — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unnatural or mysterious. 2) informal unreasonably early or inconvenient: an unearthly hour … English terms dictionary
unearthly — index intangible, nonsubstantial (not sturdy), uncanny Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unearthly — 1610s, heavenly, sublime, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + EARTHLY (Cf. earthly). Sense of ghostly, weird first recorded 1802 … Etymology dictionary
unearthly — [adj] supernatural; very strange abnormal, absurd, appalling, demoniac, devilish, eerie, ethereal, extraordinary, fiendish, frightening, funereal, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, hair raising, haunted, heavenly, hyperphysical, miraculous, nightmarish … New thesaurus
unearthly — [unʉrth′lē] adj. 1. not, or as if not, of this earth 2. supernatural; ghostly 3. weird; mysterious 4. Informal fantastic, outlandish, absurd, etc. SYN. WEIRD unearthliness n … English World dictionary
unearthly — [[t]ʌnɜ͟ː(r)θli[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use unearthly to describe something that seems very strange and unnatural. For a few seconds we watched the unearthly lights on the water... The sound was so serene that it seemed unearthly. 2) ADJ: ADJ… … English dictionary
unearthly — adjective Date: 1611 not earthly: as a. not mundane ; ideal < unearthly love > b. not terrestrial < unearthly radio sources > c. preternatural, supernatural < an unearthly light > d … New Collegiate Dictionary
unearthly — unearthliness, n. /un errth lee/, adj. 1. seeming not to belong to this earth or world: unearthly beauty. 2. supernatural; ghostly; unnaturally strange; weird: an unearthly scream. 3. out of the ordinary; unreasonable or absurd: to get up at an… … Universalium
unearthly — un|earth|ly [ʌnˈə:θli US ˈə:r ] adj 1.) very strange and unnatural, and probably frightening ▪ His eyes shone with an unearthly light. 2.) unearthly hour/time etc informal very early or very late and therefore extremely inconvenient ▪ He… … Dictionary of contemporary English
