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Worldly

Worldly Meaning & Definition
Worldly Definition And Meaning

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

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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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