worldly

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
2. Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
3. Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.

Adv

In a worldly manner.

Concepten

wereldlijk

werelds

aards

materieel

mondain

seculier

wereldwijs

sensueel

van standing

vleselijk

materialistisch

hooggeplaatst

dierlijke

zinnelijk

Tegenovergesteld aan

otherworldly, spiritual, clerical, religious, sacred, naive

Synoniemen

mundane

secular

earthly

temporal

material

terrestrial

fleshly

blase

sophisticated

worldly-wise

earthy

human

profane

sublunary

universal

worldly-minded

experienced

of this world

old

🧓

ordinary

physical

popular

posh

practiced

mammonish

seasoned

everyday

secularistic

senior

sensual

crested

sublunar

given up to the world

cosmic

terrene

coarse

transmigratory

tried

unconsecrated

experient

versed

vulgar

secular vulgar

classy

cupid

💘

laic

lay

life

irreligious

Vertalingen

mundano

mondain

mondano

terreno

mundano

weltlich

irdisch

terrestre

laïque

κοσμικός

mundà

laico

huppé

mundanal

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: worldly

Overgenomen van Oudengels: woruldlīċ

Verwant aan Nederlands: wereldlijk

Verwant aan Duits: weltlich

Verwant aan Deens: verdslig

Verwant aan Zweeds: världslig

Verwant aan IJslands: veraldlegur

Overgenomen van Oudengels: woroldlīċe

In summary

From Middle English worldly, worldlich, wordly (adjective), from Old English woruldlīċ, worldlīċ, weoroldlīċ (“worldly; earthly; temporal; mundane; secular”), from Proto-Germanic *weraldilīkaz, equivalent to world + -ly. Cognate with Dutch wereldlijk (“worldly; secular”), German Low German weltlik (“worldly”), German weltlich (“worldly”), Danish verdslig (“worldly”), Swedish världslig (“worldly”), Icelandic veraldlegur (“worldly; secular”).