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English Dictionary: worldly	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for worldly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worldly adj characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" Synonym(s): worldly, secular, temporal Antonym(s): unworldly 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" Synonym(s): blase, worldly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worldly \World"ly\, a. [AS. woroldlic.] 1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. [bd]I thus neglecting worldly ends.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worldly \World"ly\, adv. With relation to this life; in a worldly manner. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek. --Milton.