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earthy

adjective
  1. Consisting of or resembling soil: earthen, earthlike, terrestrial. See matter
  2. Relating to or characteristic of the earth or of human life on earth: earthbound, earthen, earthly, mundane, secular, tellurian, telluric, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, worldly. See body, culture, place
  3. Bordering on indelicacy or impropriety: blue, off-color, provocative, racy, risqué, salty, scabrous, spicy, suggestive. See decent

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