About The Word Worldly
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Worldly
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What's The Definition Of Worldly?
[adj] concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"
[adj] very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" [adj] characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement" Synonyms | Synonyms for Worldly: blase | economic | material | materialistic | mercenary | mundane | profane | sophisticated | temporal | terrestrial | worldly-minded Related Terms | Find terms related to Worldly: See Also | earthly Worldly In Webster's Dictionary \World"ly\, a. [AS. woroldlic.]
1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims;
worldly actions. ``I thus neglecting worldly ends.''
--Shak.
Many years it hath continued, standing by no other
worldly mean but that one only hand which erected
it. --Hooker.
2. Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction
from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this
life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly
pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men.
With his soul fled all my worldly solace. --Shak.
3. Lay, as opposed to clerical. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\World"ly\, adv. With relation to this life; in a worldly manner. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek. --Milton. |
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