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worldly-minded

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world·ly-mind·ed (wûrldl-mndd)
adj.
Absorbed in the affairs of this world.

worldly-minded·ness n.
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Adj.1.worldly-minded - marked by materialism
worldly, secular, temporal - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"


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However, a general description of the toy-wonders lurking in Mr Boffin's house, so far conciliated this worldly-minded orphan as to induce him to stare at her frowningly, with a fist in his mouth, and even at length to chuckle when a richly-caparisoned horse on wheels, with a miraculous gift of cantering to cake-shops, was mentioned.
 
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