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adjective
- 1. (of a person) experienced and sophisticated: "she was much more worldly than Nora and dismissed the slur" Similar Opposite
- 2. of or concerned with material values or ordinary life rather than a spiritual existence: "his ambitions for worldly success" Similar Opposite
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having to do with physical things and ordinary life: worldly success. She lost all her worldly possessions in the fire. worldly adjective (EXPERIENCED) experienced in the ways of the world: He’s older and more worldly than the other students in his class.
You can use the adjective worldly to describe people who have knowledge of many topics or experience in many areas. You don't have to travel the globe to be worldly; reading and talking about many things with knowledge and enthusiasm is worldly too.
The meaning of WORLDLY is of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs. How to use worldly in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Worldly.
having to do with physical things and ordinary life: worldly success. She lost all her worldly possessions in the fire. worldly adjective (EXPERIENCED) experienced in the ways of the world: He’s older and more worldly than the other students in his class.
Worldly definition: of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.. See examples of WORLDLY used in a sentence.
1. of or pertaining to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane. 2. experienced; knowing; sophisticated. 3. devoted to or connected with the material or sensual pleasures of this world: a worldly clergy; worldly temptations. adv.
1. not spiritual; mundane or temporal. 2. Also: worldly-minded.
adjective. /ˈwɜːldli/ /ˈwɜːrldli/ (literary) [only before noun] connected with the world in which we live rather than with spiritual things. worldly success. your worldly goods (= the things that you own) opposite spiritual. Definitions on the go.
Worldly definition: Of, relating to, or devoted to the material world, especially in contrast to spiritual concerns.
WORLDLY definition: 1. everything that someone owns: 2. having had a lot of experience of life: . Learn more.
