worldly

worldly is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions.
2. adjective. 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.
3. adjective. Lay, as opposed to clerical.
4. adverb. With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.
5. adjective. 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

6. adjective. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

   "worldly goods and advancement"

   "temporal possessions of the church"

   Synonyms: secular, temporal

Synonyms

blase, secular, temporal

Common word forms

worldlier, worldlily, worldliest

Words from these letters

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