worldly

Universal Words adjective (written) 1 [onlybeforenoun] connected with the world in which we live rather than with spiritual things: worldly concerns / interests / success * your worldly goods (= the things that you own) 2 having a lot of experience of life and therefore not easily shocked: At 15, he was more worldly than his older cousins who lived in the country. OPPUNWORLDLY worldliness noun [U]