worldly

Meaning

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.

mundane

secular

worldly-minded

of this world

given up to the world

secular vulgar

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/

table 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”).