worldlyadjective
uk/ˈwɜːld.li/us/ˈwɝːld.li/worldly adjective (PHYSICAL)
[ before noun ] relating to or consisting of physical things and ordinary life rather than spiritual things:
For many of the refugees, the clothes they are wearing are all the worldly goods (= possessions) they have.
Her worldly success can hardly be denied.
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Religious concepts: profanity
- earthly
- impiety
- sacrilege
- secular
worldly adjective (PRACTICAL)
practical and having a lot of experience of life:
She seems to be much more worldly than the other students in her class.
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Experienced
- a man/woman of the world idiom
- cosmopolitan
- duck
- experienced
- grandmother
- leading hand
- old-timer
- pedigreed
- practised
- ridge
- sea dog
- seasoned
- sophisticated
- sophistication
- take to sth like a duck to water idiom
- teach your grandmother to suck eggs idiom
- urbane
- veteran
- warhorse
- world
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worldliness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈwɜːld.li.nəs/us/ˈwɝːld.li.nəs/