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   World·ly

   /ˈwər(ə)ldlē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) experienced and sophisticated: "she was much more worldly than Nora and dismissed the slur" Similar sophisticatedexperiencedworldly-wiseknowledgeableknowingawareenlightenedshrewdastuteperceptivemedia-savvymatureseasonedcosmopolitanurbanecultivatedculturedunprovincialinformal:having been aroundOpposite naiveunsophisticated
   • 2. of or concerned with material values or ordinary life rather than a spiritual existence: "his ambitions for worldly success" Similar earthlyterrestrialtemporalmundanemortalhumannonspiritualunspiritualmaterialmaterialisticphysicaltangiblecarnalfleshlybodilycorporealgrosssensualbasesordidvileprofanesecularlaynonchurchnonreligiousrare:sublunaryterrenelaicOpposite spiritual

   Word Origin Old Englishworuldlic (see world, -ly1).

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • W

     4

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • L

     1

   • D

     2

   • L

     1

   • Y

     4

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