world·ly /ˈwɝ(ə)ldli, ˈwɚ/
(a.)世間的,世俗的,世上的
World·ly, a.
1. 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. --Hooker.
2. 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. --Shak.
3. Lay, as opposed to clerical. [Obs.]
World·ly, adv. With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.
Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise
By simply meek. --Milton.
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worldly
adj 1: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly
goods and advancement" [ant: unworldly]
2: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in
the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the
ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his
worldly wisdom" [syn: blase]
3: concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords
temporal and spiritual" [syn: temporal]
[also: worldliest, worldlier]