worldy

English

Etymology

From Middle English worldy, worldi, equivalent to world + -y.

Adjective

worldy (comparative more worldy, superlative most worldy)

  1. (rare) Synonym of worldly
    • 1919, Marguerite Stockman Dickson, Vocational Guidance for Girls:
      For these worldy advantages you offer, I will sell you my body and my soul.
    • 1992 November 27, Ted Shen, “Yo-Yo Ma”, in Chicago Reader:
      Listen to him play a Bach cello suite and you'll grasp its proportionate beauty and the conviction that music transcends all worldy concerns.
    • 2007 December 30, Tom Shone, “The Big Sleepover”, in New York Times:
      Already on her second marriage when she met Chandler, she was worldy, sexually wise and 18 years his senior, a fact he apparently didn’t know until after they were married.

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