See worldly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Part Two, Chapter Twenty-four: Gossip,\nThese attributes, in spite of poverty and the strict integrity which shut him out from the more worldly successes, attracted to him many admirable persons, as naturally as sweet herbs draw bees, and as naturally he gave them the honey into which fifty years of hard experience had distilled no bitter drop."
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"text": "c. 1883-1896, Vyasa, Kisari Mohan Ganguli (translator), The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva, Section LXXXV,\nThirst of enjoyment, therefore, should be given up. Indeed, true happiness belongeth to them that have cast off their thirst for worldly objects--a thirst which is difficult to be thrown off by the wicked and the sinful, which faileth not with the failing life, and which is truly the fatal disease of man."
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"ref": "1910, G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World, Chapter 1, part 3:",
"text": "We have actually contrived to invent a new kind of hypocrite. The old hypocrite, Tartuffe or Pecksniff, was a man whose aims were really worldly and practical, while he pretended that they were religious. The new hypocrite is one whose aims are really religious, while he pretends that they are worldly and practical.",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dunyawiyy",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "دُنْيَوِيّ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svetski",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "светски"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "mundà"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "wereldlijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "seculier"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "ilmalik"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "maallinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "sekulaarinen"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saero",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "საერო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "weltlich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kosmikós",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "κοσμικός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hiloni",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "חילוני"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "világi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "mondano"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "svétoven",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "све́товен"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "worldly"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "weltlich"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "świecki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "laicki"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svétskij",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "све́тский"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "saoghalta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "profano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "mundano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "världslig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "concerned with the secular rather than sacred",
"word": "dünyevi"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "wereldwijs"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "kokenut"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "maailmanmiesmäinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "varmakäytöksinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "weltgewandt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "weltmännisch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kosmikós",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "κοσμικός"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "svétski",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "све́тски"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ískusen",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "и́скусен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "érbap",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "е́рбап"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "spósoben",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "спо́собен"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "worldly"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "verdensvant"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "światowy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ópytnyj",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "о́пытный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "byvályj",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "быва́лый"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "saoghalta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "de mucho mundo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "cosmopolita"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "världsvan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "versed in the ways of the world",
"word": "mondän"
}
],
"word": "worldly"
}
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"word": "worldly-wise"
},
{
"word": "otherworldly"
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{
"word": "this-worldly"
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"name": "inh"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "woroldlīċe"
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"name": "af"
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{
"form": "more worldly",
"tags": [
"comparative"
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{
"form": "most worldly",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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{
"word": "worldward"
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{
"glosses": [
"In a worldly manner."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "secularly"
},
{
"word": "unspiritually"
},
{
"word": "worldlily"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/"
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{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)ldli"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "In a worldly manner.",
"word": "monde"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kosmikós",
"sense": "In a worldly manner.",
"word": "κοσμικώς"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "In a worldly manner.",
"word": "mondanamente"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "In a worldly manner.",
"word": "worldly"
}
],
"word": "worldly"
}
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