CEFR B1

telluric

adjective

Meaning

telluric means pertaining to the Earth, earthly. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The writer described the response as telluric.
A telluric tone can change the mood of a conversation.

Synonyms: earthly, tellurian, terrene, terrestrial

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telluric (B1)

adjective

Definition

telluric means pertaining to the Earth, earthly. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The writer described the response as telluric.
A telluric tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became telluric after the announcement.

How to Use telluric

telluric + noun (collocation): Use telluric before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a telluric reaction."
become telluric (collocation): Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became telluric near the end."

Synonyms of telluric

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