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worldly

[ wurld-lee ]

adjective

worldlier, worldliest.
  1. of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.

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  2. experienced; knowing; sophisticated:

    the benefits of his worldly wisdom.

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  3. devoted to, directed toward, or connected with the affairs, interests, or pleasures of this world.
  4. of or relating to the people or laity; secular; neither ecclesiastical nor religious.
  5. Obsolete. of, relating to, or existing on earth.


adverb

  1. in a worldly manner (archaic except in combination):

    worldly-wise; worldly-minded.

worldly

/ ˈ·Éɜ˱ô»å±ôɪ /

adjective

  1. not spiritual; mundane or temporal
  2. Alsoworldly-minded absorbed in or concerned with material things or matters that are immediately relevant
  3. Alsoworldly-wise versed in the ways of the world; sophisticated
  4. archaic.
    existing on or relating to the earth
  5. obsolete.
    secular; lay
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. archaic.
    in a worldly manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ·É´Ç°ù±ô»å±ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ·É´Ç°ù±ô»ål¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • pre··É´Ç°ù±ô»ål¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ±è°ù±ð··É´Ç°ù±ô»ål²â adjective
  • super··É´Ç°ù±ô»ål¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ²õ³Üp±ð°ù··É´Ç°ù±ô»ål²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of worldly1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English ·É´Ç°ù(³Ü)±ô»å±ôÄ«³¦. See world, -ly
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Synonym Study

See earthly.
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Example Sentences

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The Bible casts the double-minded man as insecure in his faith, divided between divine direction and worldly distraction.

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Hear Morgan Freeman’s name and you immediately think worldly wisdom and genial gravitas.

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