worldly

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 \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 \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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83 Moby Thesaurus words for "worldly":
      Philistine, banausic, blase, bodily, carnal, carnal-minded,
      corporal, corporeal, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, disenchanted,
      disillusioned, down-to-earth, earthly, earthy, experienced,
      fleshly, hardheaded, hylic, knowing, material, materialistic,
      materiate, matter-of-fact, mature, matured, mondaine, mundane,
      nonsacred, nonspiritual, not born yesterday, old, physical,
      positivistic, practical, practical-minded, practiced, pragmatic,
      profane, rational, realist, realistic, reasonable, reprobate, ripe,
      ripened, sagacious, sane, scientific, scientistic, seasoned,
      secular, sensible, sensual, sober-minded, somatic, sophisticate,
      sophisticated, sound, sound-thinking, straight-thinking,
      substantial, tellurian, telluric, temporal, terrene, terrestrial,
      tried, tried and true, unblessed, unhallowed, unholy, unideal,
      unidealistic, unregenerate, unromantic, unsacred, unsanctified,
      unsentimental, unspiritual, veteran, world-wise, worldly-wise