Vulgarity of Eastender's jollity outside hotel (10)

I believe the answer is:

earthiness

'vulgarity' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Another definition for earthiness that I've seen is " Quality of being gross".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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