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# worldly

adjective (worldlier, worldliest)

«worldly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Belonging to this world and its ordinary things, not to spirits or heaven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/#m1)
2. Having many possessions or knowing much about money and society. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a word for things a person owns or the everyday life of people; «worldly possessions» means belongings

### Examples

- The old man had few worldly goods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/#x1)
- My worldly possessions are one coat and a book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/#x2)
- She was not interested in worldly success. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in stories, a word for things a person owns or the everyday life of people; «worldly possessions» means belongings

### Examples

- Nonetheless, English translators have usually shied away from the this-worldly symbolism of the ‘Holy Wind’, much preferring immaterial ‘Spirit’ either out of theological embarrassment or deference to tradition. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worldly/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «worldly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«worldly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/worldly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «worldly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worldly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«worldly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/worldly.html) on Mova free.