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Definition of unearthly adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

unearthly

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//ʌnˈərθli//
 
[usually before noun]
 
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  • very strange; not natural and therefore frightening an unearthly cry an unearthly light
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    at an unearthly hour (informal)
     
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    very early, especially when this is annoying The job involved getting up at some unearthly hour to catch the first train.
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