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]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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