worldly
adjective
[ ˈwəːldli ]
• (of a person) experienced and sophisticated.
• "she was much more worldly than Nora and dismissed the slur"
Similar:
sophisticated,
experienced,
worldly-wise,
knowledgeable,
knowing,
aware,
enlightened,
shrewd,
astute,
perceptive,
media-savvy,
mature,
seasoned,
cosmopolitan,
urbane,
cultivated,
cultured,
unprovincial,
having been around,
• of or concerned with material values or ordinary life rather than a spiritual existence.
• "his ambitions for worldly success"
Similar:
earthly,
terrestrial,
temporal,
mundane,
mortal,
human,
non-spiritual,
unspiritual,
material,
materialistic,
physical,
tangible,
carnal,
fleshly,
bodily,
corporeal,
gross,
sensual,
base,
sordid,
vile,
profane,
secular,
lay,
non-church,
non-religious,
sublunary,
terrene,
laic,
Origin:
Old English woruldlic (see world, -ly1).
worldly goods
• everything that one owns.
• "a parcel that contained all his worldly goods"
