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adjective

Worldly adj.

Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. "I thus neglecting worldly ends." "Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but that one only hand which erected it."

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."

Lay, as opposed to clerical. (Obs.)

adverb

Worldly adv. With relation to this life; in a worldly manner. "Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek."

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Etymology of 'Worldly'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Worldly" Quotes from Famous Books

... friends, there are thousands who, if left alone, would never think of doing so, although when the idea is suggested to them through a medium they will respond to it readily enough, for since during earth-life their interests were probably centred less in spiritual than in worldly affairs, it is not difficult to re-awaken in them vibrations sympathetic to matters connected with the existence they have so lately left; and this undesirable intensification of earthly thoughts is frequently brought about by the interference ...

— The Astral Plane - Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena • C. W. Leadbeater

... him. Wicked people instinctively hate him. Worldly people, sordid people, self-seekers, and promotion-hunters, contemn him as an amiable lunatic. But his friends forget all measure and restraint when they try to say what they feel about him. One whom I have already quoted writes again: "I feel Holland is ...

— Prime Ministers and Some Others - A Book of Reminiscences • George W. E. Russell

... for me," remarked the Englishman, "that it was the ignorant Numabo who discovered and captured me rather than the worldly wise Usanga. He would have felt less fear of the giant flying machine and would have known only too ...

— Tarzan the Untamed • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... alone. He has a diffusive bounty. Nobles, and men of property, will likewise be greatly reformed. They too will be led to a review of their social situation and duties; "and will reflect, that their large allotment of worldly advantages is for the aid and benefit of the whole." Is it then from the fate of Juignie, archbishop of Paris, or of the cardinal de Rochefoucault, and of so many others, who gave their fortunes, and, I may say, their very beings, to the poor, that the ...

— Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke. • Edmund Burke

... veins, and swollen eyelids half-closed over the tired eyes!—he must have been a sculptor of truth,—truth downright and relentless,—truth divested of all graceful coverings, and nude as the "Dying One" thus realistically portrayed. Ugly truth too,— unpleasant to the sight of the worldly and pleasure-loving tribe who do not care to be reminded of the common fact that they all, and we all, must die. Yet the late sunshine flowed very softly on and over the ghastly white, semi-transparent form, outlining it with as much tender glory as the gracious ...

— The Master-Christian • Marie Corelli

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