worldly
Opposite of
otherworldly, spiritual, clerical, religious, sacred, naive
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/
Etymology
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”).
worldly-minded
of this world
given up to the world
secular vulgar
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