| a. | 1. | |
| 1. | Relating to the world; human; common; | |
| 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; | |
| 3. | Lay, as opposed to clerical. | |
| adv. | 1. | With relation to this life; in a worldly manner. |
| Adj. | 1. | worldly - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement" Antonyms: unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney |
| 2. | worldly - 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" Synonyms: blase | |
| 3. | worldly - concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual" Synonyms: temporal |