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What is the adjective for earthworks?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb earth which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

earthy
  1. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
  2. Down to earth, not artificial, natural.
  3. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
  4. Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “This stone is very compact, has a moderately fine grain, and exhales an earthy smell on being breathed upon.”
      “Dove's paintings possessed an earthy honesty I encountered far too rarely.”
      “No one was expecting him to move the way he did, poised with grace, an earthy ruggedness, and yet still dancing like a pro.”
earthly
  1. Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven; terrestrial.
  2. (negative, informal) Used to put an emphasis
  3. Made of earth; earthy.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Through the symbolism of the heavens the astrologer aims to gain a deeper spiritual knowledge of earthly matters, and seeks to understand the wider significance of the situations that trouble us.”
      “When you're away from the office, you can think of no earthly reason to go back.”
      “So - what is weather other than this incessant change of earthly conditions and all the human thoughts, feelings and undertakings influenced by it?”
earthish
  1. Resembling earth or the Earth; earthly
  2. Somewhat like the Earth; Earthlike
earthen
  1. Made of earth or mud.
  2. Made of clay (especially said of pottery).
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “They would collect water from a distant communal water source using an earthen pot carried on the head.”
      “Peering over the railings, the Venkatramans jostled to catch a glimpse of the earthen lingam at the shadowy heart of the sanctuary.”
      “An earthen oven called an imu is used to expertly roast kalua pigs, the most popular lu'au food.”
earthless
  1. Without earth or soil.
  2. (obsolete) Unearthly; not of the Earth.
earthed
  1. (Britain) Grounded, connected electrically to the ground.
earthwards
  1. Towards the earth; earthward.
earthward
earthlike
  1. (planet) Resembling the Earth
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The undissolved matter then became apparently charcoal, which burned away to the state of a brown earthlike substance.”
      “And combustion, as they understood it, happened when phlogiston, a hypothetical earthlike substance characterized mainly by its combustibility, was removed from an object.”
      “The clouds were tinged an earthlike yellow in the sunrays and in the shadow were a sorry blue.”
earthlier
earthliest
earthier
earthiest
earthing
  1. present participle of earth
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