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Unworldly

Unworldly Meaning & Definition
Unworldly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Unworldly?

[adj] not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien
[adj] not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney

Synonyms | Synonyms for Unworldly: anchoritic | cloistered | cloistral | conventual | eremitic | eremitical | hermitic | hermitical | monastic | monastical | naif | naive | spiritual | unearthly | unmercenary | unsophisticated

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See Also | pious

Unworldly In Webster's Dictionary

\Un*world"ly\, a. Not worldly; spiritual; holy. --Hawthorne. -- {Un*world"li*ness}, n.

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