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worldly
adjective
1 worldly
Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world:
— Worldly goods and advancement.
synonyms: secular, temporal.
Roget 943:
selfish;
self-seeking,
self-indulgent,
self-interested,
self-centered;
wrapped up in self,
wrapt up in self†,
centered in self;
egotistic,
egotistical;
egoistical†.
illiberal,
mean,
ungenerous,
narrow-minded;
mercenary,
venal;
covetous
etc.
819.
unspiritual,
earthly,
earthly-minded;
mundane;
worldly,
worldly-minded;
worldly-wise;
timeserving†.
interested;
alieni appetens sui profusus [Lat.].
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Roget 989:
irreligious;
indevout†;
undevout†;
devoutless†,
godless,
graceless;
ungodly,
unholy,
unsanctified†,
unhallowed;
atheistic,
without God.
skeptical,
freethinking;
unbelieving,
unconverted;
incredulous,
faithless,
lacking faith;
deistical;
unchristian,
antichristian†.
worldly,
mundane,
earthly,
carnal;
worldly minded
&c..
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2 worldly
Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world:
— The benefits of his worldly wisdom.
synonym: blase.
Polish: światowy
Moby thesaurus: Philistine, banausic, blase, bodily, carnal, carnal-minded, corporal, corporeal, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, disenchanted, disillusioned, down-to-earth, earthly, earthy, experienced, fleshly, hardheaded, hylic, knowing, material, materialistic, materiate, matter-of-fact, mature, matured, mondaine, mundane, nonsacred, nonspiritual, not born yesterday, old, physical, positivistic, practical, practical-minded, practiced, pragmatic, profane, rational, realist, realistic, reasonable, reprobate, ripe, ripened, sagacious, sane, scientific, scientistic, seasoned, secular, sensible, sensual, sober-minded, somatic, sophisticate, sophisticated, sound, sound-thinking, straight-thinking, substantial, tellurian, telluric, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, tried, tried and true, unblessed, unhallowed, unholy, unideal, unidealistic, unregenerate, unromantic, unsacred, unsanctified, unsentimental, unspiritual, veteran, world-wise, worldly-wise ... show more.
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