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Definition of unearthly adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unearthly

adjective
 
/ʌnˈɜːθli/
 
/ʌnˈɜːrθli/
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  1. very strange; not natural and therefore frightening
    • an unearthly cry
    • an unearthly light
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnearthly is used with these nouns:
    • hour
    • howl
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at an unearthly hour
  1. (informal) 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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