worldly
IPA: wˈɝɫdɫi
adjective
- Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
- Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
- Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
adverb
- In a worldly manner.
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Examples of "worldly" in Sentences
- He had been everywhere and had seen everything, and was full of what we call worldly wisdom.
- To "establish a Kingdom of God on Earth" implies a sort of militaristic vanity, a literal idea of a shining city on a hill in worldly terms.
- But the god referenced cannot be the deist God, since the government cannot really be “under” a god who takes no interest in worldly affairs.
- It can be very difficult at times, when ignorant people in worldly society make negative comments about how my children will be unprepared to live in the world.
- To chapter 4, paragraph 1The quattrocento experienced an increased valuation of and investment in worldly pursuits, including the products of the mechanical arts.
- Prince Charles made his own flub during the recitation of his vows, promising to share "all his goods" with his new wife, but accidentally omitting the word "worldly."
- It has proved to be the most wonderful fabric of what we call worldly wisdom that our world has seen, -- controlling kings, dictating laws to ancient monarchies, and binding the souls of millions with a more perfect despotism than Oriental emperors ever sought or dreamed.
- The worldly mother who plans for the advancement of a family, and sacrifices solid enjoyments for a splendid alliance, is only _worldly_ wise, yet in that manoeuvring and worldly prudence there is the exercise of a self-control which raises her above the mere giddy pleasure-hunter of the hour; for want of self-control is the weakness of our nature -- to restrain, to wait, to control present feeling with a large foresight, is human strength.
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