Worldly is an English word with synonyms like temporal or sophisticated. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Worldly meaning
- Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
- Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
- Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
Synonyms of Worldly
Using Worldly
- The main meaning on this page is: Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual. | Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters. | Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
- Useful related words include: temporal, sophisticated, blase, unworldly.
- In the example corpus, worldly often appears in combinations such as: and worldly, of worldly, the worldly.
Context around Worldly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Worldly
- In this selection, "worldly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, haired, virtual, seasoned, pleasures, goods and arms stand out and add context to how "worldly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an other worldly crew entertaining and and other worldly occurrences to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "worldly" sits close to words such as als, antioch and aptly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with worldly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Have you ever seen or experienced a ghostly or other worldly encounter? (12 words)
They were seasoned, worldly, intelligent men, trapped by the remorseless logic of their own foreign policy. (16 words)
Among the 35 mumukshus, who will renounce all worldly pleasures to seek liberation, 10 are below 18. (17 words)
Leaving everything you own to a multi-millionaire soccer player would not be everyone's idea of a good cause, but one Brazilian fan could not think of a more deserving recipient of his worldly goods than Neymar Jr. (39 words)
All of these images are rooted in the narrative of Palm Sunday, with its image of Jesus, the carpenter’s son, riding on an ordinary donkey, yet acclaimed for a moment as though he were a worldly king. (38 words)
A disciple is one who obeys Christ, and not his/her own worldly agenda and pursuits, and one who sets his/her own will aside and follows God’s will, in season, and out of season. (36 words)
Have you ever seen or experienced a ghostly or other worldly encounter? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fixed an issue where the Tonic of Worldly Arms Armor and Tonic of Worldly Chest Armor had incorrect descriptions.
The hay appears to be symbolic of worldly pleasures and worldly gain, and, as such, this is a painting that is still relevant today.
After separate meetings with reporters from The Associated Press and New York Times, he said it was a natural outgrowth of his calling to speak to them about spiritual answers to worldly problems.
Although not at all the plan, the selection gives him remarkable other-worldly gifts including a supersuit and extraordinary powers and unlike any other.
A room where Hardie, a grey haired, worldly, intense and intelligent looking man sits reading The Times, with a colleague working on a laptop at a desk.
Exbury’s renowned steam railway will get a terrifying makeover transforming it into a ghost train haunted by an other-worldly crew entertaining passengers en route.
He uses his authority to turn the ship towards Earth, a place where virtual worldly comforts don’t exist.
In it, a father takes his family to the fictional rural town of Asteroid City, only for strange and "other-worldly" occurrences to begin happening.
Leaving everything you own to a multi-millionaire soccer player would not be everyone's idea of a good cause, but one Brazilian fan could not think of a more deserving recipient of his worldly goods than Neymar Jr.
Let’s look at the positive faces of your solar chart, starting with the fact that worldly ambitions are about to take a quantum leap forward.
They to use a digital baby because Renesmee wasn't supposed to be a 'normal' baby, so they wanted her to look somewhat other-worldly.
They were seasoned, worldly, intelligent men, trapped by the remorseless logic of their own foreign policy.
Whether it’s a vast fortune or a handful of knick-knacks, passing on your worldly goods can be fraught.
A disciple is one who obeys Christ, and not his/her own worldly agenda and pursuits, and one who sets his/her own will aside and follows God’s will, in season, and out of season.
After the initial rumbles had settled, fires started across towns and villages, incinerating worldly possessions as the country had a grim start bringing in the first day of the New Year.
A heart that is divided between worldly pleasures and learning will never fully grasp the reality of things.
All of these images are rooted in the narrative of Palm Sunday, with its image of Jesus, the carpenter’s son, riding on an ordinary donkey, yet acclaimed for a moment as though he were a worldly king.
Among the 35 mumukshus, who will renounce all worldly pleasures to seek liberation, 10 are below 18.
Discover the other worldly organisms that dwell in the depths of the ocean and learn about these crazy creatures in an exciting black light activity.
Have you ever seen or experienced a ghostly or other worldly encounter?
Common combinations with worldly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: