Worldly (IPA: /ˈwɝɫdɫi/)
| Worldly (a.) |
Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. |
| Worldly (a.) |
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. |
| Worldly (a.) |
Lay, as opposed to clerical. |
| Worldly (adv.) |
With relation to this life; in a worldly manner. |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise." - Wisdom |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Divine is Love and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing but with self." - Love |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " How shall we celebrate the day, When God appeared in mortal clay, The mark of worldly scorn." - Clay |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " How the learned fool would wonder Were he now to see his blunder, When he put his reason under The control of worldly Pride." - James Clerk Maxwell |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances." - Friendship |
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