unworldly (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *unworldly*:
ADJECTIVE	all	unworldly	not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
all	unworldly, unsophisticated	not wise in the ways of the world

English > *unworldly*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations.
Example	"was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney
Narrower	anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical	Characterized by ascetic solitude
	cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical	Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
	spiritual, unearthly	concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
	unmercenary	not mercenary
See also	naive, naif	marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience
See also	pious	Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
Opposite	worldly, secular, temporal	characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

English > *unworldly*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	not wise in the ways of the world.
Example	"this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien
Synonym	unsophisticated
Broader	naive, naif	marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience

HyperDic: unworldly