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1. (adj.) worldly
of or pertaining to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.
2. worldly
experienced; knowing; sophisticated.
3. worldly
devoted to or connected with the material or sensual pleasures of this world:
a worldly clergy; worldly temptations.
4. (adv.) worldly
in a worldly manner (archaic except in combination):
worldly-wise; worldly-minded.
Etymology: (bef. 900)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) worldly, secular, temporal
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
"worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
2. (adj) blase, worldly
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) worldly
relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions
2. (adj) worldly
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
3. (adj) worldly
lay, as opposed to clerical
4. (adverb) worldly
with relation to this life; in a worldly manner
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Sense: of or belonging to this world; not spiritual
worldly pleasures.
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 Afrikaans: wêrelds, aards |
 Arabic: من هذا العالَم، دُنْيَوي، |
 Bulgarian: земен |
 Brazilian: mundano |
 Czech: světský |
 German: weltlich |
 Danish: verdslig; jordisk |
 Greek: εγκόσμιος |
 Spanish: mundano |
 Estonian: maine |
 Farsi: دنیایی، نفساین |
 Finnish: maallinen |
 French: de ce monde, terrestre |
 Hebrew: אַרצִי, גַשמִי |
 Hindi: पार्थीव |
 Croatian: svjetski, svjetovan |
 Hungarian: világi(as) |
 Indonesian: duniawi |
 Icelandic: veraldlegur |
 Italian: terreno |
 Japanese: 世俗的な |
 Korean: 세속의 |
 Lithuanian: pasaulio, pasaulietiškas, |
 Latvian: pasaulīgs; laicīgs; zemes |
 Malay: keduniaan; duniawi |
 Dutch: wereldlijk, werelds |
 Norwegian: verdslig, jordisk |
 Polish: doczesny, ziemski |
 Persian: دنیایی، نفساین |
 Pashto: دنيوي، ددنيا، مادې غيرروح |
 Portuguese: mundano |
 Romanian: lumesc; pământesc |
 Russian: земной |
 Slovak: svetský |
 Slovenian: posveten |
 Serbian: ovozemaljski |
 Swedish: världslig |
 Thai: ทางโลก; เกี่ยวข้องกับสังค |
 Turkish: dünyevî, maddî |
 Taiwanese: 世俗的 |
 Ukrainian: земний, мирський |
 Urdu: دنیاوی |
 Vietnamese: trần tục |
 Chinese: 世间的 |
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