down-to-earther

Definitions

A down-to-earth person.

informal

Examples

“Casting the top news developments, here and there supported by films, is Charles Collingwood, another down-to-earther despite the poshy aura about his background (Rhodes scholar, etc.) and the meticulous grooming.”

“You’ve got more sense⟳ than you think⟳, Chad. I always had a morbid fear you’d turn⟳ up one day with one of those mincing little blondes, all promise⟳ and no performance. My mother would approve⟳ of Alison instantly, and so would Beth. They both had a preference for down-to-earthers.”

“[T]he case for atheism is by no means as obvious or decisive as atheistic humanists, scientific reductionists and pragmatic down-to-earthers like⟳ to think⟳.”

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