HyperDic: worldly

English > 2 senses of the word *worldly*:
ADJECTIVE	all	worldly, secular, temporal	characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
ADJECTIVE	all	worldly, blase	very sophisticated especially because of surfeit

worldly > pronunciation
Sounds	wer'ldliy
Rhymes	ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy...

English > *worldly*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world.
Example	"worldly goods and advancement"
Synonyms	secular, temporal
Narrower	economic	concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money)
	material	concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
	materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded	marked by materialism
	mundane, terrestrial	concerned with the world or worldly matters
See also	earthly	Of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
	profane, secular	not concerned with or devoted to religion
	sophisticated	Having or appealing to those having worldly / worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
Opposite	unworldly	not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
Spanish	mundano, temporal
Catalan	temporal
Nouns	world	the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
Nouns	worldliness	concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs

English > *worldly*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
Example	"the benefits of his worldly wisdom"
Synonym	blase
Broader	sophisticated	Having or appealing to those having worldly / worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
Nouns	worldliness	the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

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