worldly
Adjective
- Concerned with material things and ordinary life, rather than spiritual.
- characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- "worldly goods and advancement"
Adjective Satellite
- very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
- "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"
Adj
- 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.
Adv
- In a worldly manner.
Examples
- He preferred a worldly Scrabble strategy, focusing on high points rather than poetic words.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English worldly, worldlich, wordly (adjective), from Old English woruldlīċ, worldlīċ, weoroldlīċ (“worldly; earthly; temporal; mundane; secular”), from Proto-Germanic *weraldilīkaz, equivalent to world + -ly. Cognate with Dutch wereldlijk (“worldly; secular”), German Low German weltlik (“worldly”), German weltlich (“worldly”), Danish verdslig (“worldly”), Swedish världslig (“worldly”), Icelandic veraldlegur (“worldly; secular”).
Synonyms
blase, secular, temporal, lay, material, mundane, profane, secularly, sophisticated, street-smart, sublunar, unspiritually, worldlily
Scrabble Score: 14
worldly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordworldly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
worldly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary