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UNWORLDLY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not wise in the ways of the world
Example:
this helplessly unworldly woman
Synonyms:
unsophisticated; unworldly
Classified under:
Similar:
naif; naive (marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
Example:
was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards
Classified under:
Similar:
anchoritic; eremitic; eremitical; hermitic; hermitical (characterized by ascetic solitude)
cloistered; cloistral; conventual; monastic; monastical (of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows)
spiritual; unearthly (concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul)
unmercenary (not mercenary; not influenced by financial gains)
Also:
pious (having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity)
naif; naive (marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience)
Antonym:
worldly (characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world)
