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worldly
adj worldlier, worldliest
    1. Relating to this world; material, as opposed to spiritual or eternal.
      Example: worldly possessions
    2. Over-concerned with possessions, money, luxuries, etc; materialistic.
      Thesaurus: carnal, earthy, temporal, material, secular, fleshly; Antonym: spiritual.
    3. Shrewd about the ways of the world; knowing and sophisticated in outlook; worldly-wise.
      Thesaurus: worldly-wise, sophisticated, urbane, cosmopolitan, knowing.
Derivative: worldliness
noun


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