Meaning of WORLDLY
| Pronunciation: | | 'wurldlee
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | blase, economic, material, materialistic, mercenary, mundane, profane, sophisticated, temporal, terrestrial, worldly-minded |
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| | Antonyms: | | unworldly | | |
| | See Also: | | earthly | |
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\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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