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worldly
(encz) | worldly,světácký adj: PetrV |
worldly
(encz) | worldly,světský adj: PetrV |
Worldly
(gcide) | Worldly \World"ly\, adv.
With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.
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Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise
By simply meek. --Milton.
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Worldly
(gcide) | Worldly \World"ly\, a. [AS. woroldlic.]
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1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims;
worldly actions. "I thus neglecting worldly ends." --Shak.
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Many years it hath continued, standing by no other
worldly mean but that one only hand which erected
it. --Hooker.
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2. Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction
from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this
life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly
pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men.
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With his soul fled all my worldly solace. --Shak.
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3. Lay, as opposed to clerical. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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worldly
(wn) | worldly
adj 1: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as
opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and
advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" [syn:
worldly, secular, temporal] [ant: unworldly]
2: 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" [syn: blase, worldly] |
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otherworldly
(encz) | otherworldly,na věčnosti Zdeněk Brož |
unworldly
(encz) | unworldly,nezištně adv: Zdeněk Brožunworldly,nezkušeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
worldly
(encz) | worldly,světácký adj: PetrVworldly,světský adj: PetrV |
worldly belongings
(encz) | worldly belongings, n: |
worldly concern
(encz) | worldly concern, n: |
worldly goods
(encz) | worldly goods, n: |
worldly possessions
(encz) | worldly possessions, n: |
worldly wise
(encz) | worldly wise, |
worldly-minded
(encz) | worldly-minded, adj: |
worldly-wise
(encz) | worldly-wise,světaznalý adj: PetrV |
otherworldly
(gcide) | otherworldly \otherworldly\ adj.
1. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.
Syn: nonnatural, preternatural, transcendental.
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2. Not worldly; preparing for or concerned primarily with the
afterlife; -- of people.
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Unworldly
(gcide) | Unworldly \Unworldly\
See worldly.Unworldly \Un*world"ly\, a.
Not worldly; spiritual; holy. --Hawthorne. --
Un*world"li*ness, n.
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Worldly-minded
(gcide) | Worldly-minded \World"ly-mind`ed\, a.
Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the
present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving
and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety
and attention to spiritual concerns. --
World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
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Worldlymindedness
(gcide) | Worldly-minded \World"ly-mind`ed\, a.
Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the
present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving
and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety
and attention to spiritual concerns. --
World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
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Worldly-wise
(gcide) | Worldly-wise \World"ly-wise`\, a.
Wise in regard to things of this world. --Bunyan.
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otherworldly
(wn) | otherworldly
adj 1: existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;
"find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous
Huxley [syn: nonnatural, otherworldly,
preternatural, transcendental] |
unworldly
(wn) | unworldly
adj 1: not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by
mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not
greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney [ant:
secular, temporal, worldly]
2: not wise in the ways of the world; "either too
unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could
deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien
[syn: unsophisticated, unworldly] |
worldly
(wn) | worldly
adj 1: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as
opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and
advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" [syn:
worldly, secular, temporal] [ant: unworldly]
2: 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" [syn: blase, worldly] |
worldly belongings
(wn) | worldly belongings
n 1: all the property that someone possess; "he left all his
worldly possessions to his daughter" [syn: {worldly
possessions}, worldly belongings, worldly goods] |
worldly concern
(wn) | worldly concern
n 1: the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and
the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent
of the world" [syn: worldly concern, earthly concern,
world, earth] |
worldly good
(wn) | worldly good
n 1: a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather
than the spiritual, existence of human beings [syn:
worldly possession, worldly good] |
worldly goods
(wn) | worldly goods
n 1: all the property that someone possess; "he left all his
worldly possessions to his daughter" [syn: {worldly
possessions}, worldly belongings, worldly goods] |
worldly possession
(wn) | worldly possession
n 1: a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather
than the spiritual, existence of human beings [syn:
worldly possession, worldly good] |
worldly possessions
(wn) | worldly possessions
n 1: all the property that someone possess; "he left all his
worldly possessions to his daughter" [syn: {worldly
possessions}, worldly belongings, worldly goods] |
worldly-minded
(wn) | worldly-minded
adj 1: marked by materialism [syn: materialistic, mercenary,
worldly-minded] |
worldly-wise
(wn) | worldly-wise
adj 1: experienced in and wise to the ways of the world |
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