/ ˈwɜːldli; NAmE ˈwɜːrld-/ adjective ( literary )
1.
[ only before noun ] connected with the world in which we live rather than with spiritual things :
worldly success
your worldly goods (= the things that you own)
OPP spiritual
2.
having a lot of experience of life and therefore not easily shocked :
At 15, he was more worldly than his older cousins who lived in the country.
OPP unworldly
► world·li·ness noun [ U ]
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English woruldlic (see world , -ly ).