worldly

world·ly  (wûrldl)

adj. world·li·er, world·li·est

1. Of, relating to, or devoted to the temporal world.

2. Experienced in human affairs; sophisticated or worldly-wise: "an experienced and worldly man who had been almost everywhere" (Willa Cather).

adv.

In a worldly manner.

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worldli·ness n.

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worldly [ˈwɜːldlɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

1. not spiritual; mundane or temporal

2. Also worldly-minded absorbed in or concerned with material things or matters that are immediately relevant

3. Also worldly-wise versed in the ways of the world; sophisticated

4. Archaic existing on or relating to the earth

5. Obsolete secular; lay

adv

Archaic in a worldly manner

worldliness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	worldly - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" secular, temporal earthly - of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" profane, secular - not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney
	2.	worldly - 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" blase sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"

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worldly

adjective

1. earthly, lay, physical, fleshly, secular, mundane, terrestrial, temporal, carnal, profane, sublunary It is time you woke up and focused your thoughts on more worldly matters.
earthly heavenly, spiritual, divine, ethereal, immaterial, transcendental, unworldly, noncorporeal

2. materialistic, grasping, selfish, greedy, avaricious, covetous, worldly-minded He has repeatedly criticized Western churches as being too worldly.
materialistic moral, unworldly, nonmaterialistic

3. worldly-wise, knowing, experienced, politic, sophisticated, cosmopolitan, urbane, blasé, well versed in the ways of the world He was worldly and sophisticated, quite unlike me.
worldly-wise innocent, naive, unsophisticated, unworldly, ingenuous

Quotations
"Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise" [Francis Quarles Emblems]

Translations

worldly [ˈwɜːldlɪ] ADJ (worldlier (compar) (worldliest (superl)))

1. (= material) [success, pleasures] → mundano, material
all my worldly goods → todos mis bienes materiales

2. (= experienced) → con(mucho)mundo
he was more worldly than other boys his age → tenía más mundo que otros muchachos de su edad
worldly wisdom → mundo m, saber m mundano

3. (= sophisticated) → sofisticado

worldly [ˈwɜː^rldli] adj

(= earthly) [concerns, matters, interests] → terrestre
worldly things → les choses terrestres
one's worldly goods → ses biens terrestres

(= experienced) [person, manner] → rompu(e) aux usages du monde
worldly-wise [ˌwɜː^rldliˈwaɪz] adj → rompu(e) aux usages du monde
to be worldly-wise → connaître bien les usages du monde
She's very worldly-wise for her age → Elle connaît très bien les usages du monde malgré son jeune âge.
world music n → world music f
world power n → puissance f mondiale
world record n → record m du monde
the world record holder → le détenteur du record du monde
world scale n
on a world scale → à l'échelle mondiale
World Series n (US) the World Series → le championnat national de baseball
World Service n (British) service international de la BBC
World title n → titre m mondial
World Trade Organization n
the World Trade Organization → l'Organisation f mondiale du commerce
world view world-view [ˌwɜː^rldˈvjuː] n → vision f du monde
World War One n → la première guerre mondiale
World War Two n → la seconde guerre mondiale
world-weary [ˌwɜː^rldˈwɪəri] adj → las* de ce monde(lasse)
worldwide world-wide [ˌwɜː^rldˈwaɪd]

adj → mondial(e)

adv (= all over the world) → dans le monde entier
World Wide Web n
the World Wide Web → le Web

worldly

adj (+er)

(= material) success, ambition, wealth → materiell; worldly things → weltliche Dinge

→ weltlich; person → weltlich gesinnt; (= sophisticated) manner → weltmännisch; worldly innocence → Weltfremdheit f; worldly wisdom → Weltklugheit f

worldly [ˈwɜːldlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (matters, person) → mondano/a; (attitude, pleasures) → materiale