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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
worldly/ˈwɜːldli/

▶adjective (worldlier, worldliest)

1 of or concerned with material affairs rather than spiritual ones.

2 experienced and sophisticated.

– phrases
worldly goods (or possessions or wealth) everything that one owns.

– derivatives
worldliness noun.

'worldly' also found in these Oxford entries:

earthly - fly - mondaine - other-worldly - sophisticated - supermundane - temporal - terrene - unsophisticated - unspiritual - worldling - worldly-wise

Forum discussions with the word(s) "worldly" in the title:

'Are / Is' spiritual or worldly values ....
beautiful, worldly young woman
off-worldly
Through worldly loss he came to an insight into
Young as she is, she is so worldly.

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