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—unworldliness, n./un werrld"lee/, adj.1. not worldly; not seeking material advantage; spiritually minded.2. naive; unsophisticated; provincial.3. not terrestrial; unearthly.[1700-10; UN-1 + WORLDLY]
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unworldly — [adj1] spiritual abstract, astral, celestial, daydreaming, daydreamy, dreamy, ethereal, extraterrestrial, fantastic, incorporeal, metaphysical, nonmaterialistic, otherworldly, religious, supersensory, transcendental, unearthly, unreal, visionary; … New thesaurus
Unworldly — Un*world ly, a. Not worldly; spiritual; holy. Hawthorne. {Un*world li*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unworldly — index incorporeal, inexperienced, naive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unworldly — 1707, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) “not” + WORLDLY (Cf. worldly) … Etymology dictionary
unworldly — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having little awareness of the realities of life. 2) not seeming to belong to this world. DERIVATIVES unworldliness noun … English terms dictionary
unworldly — [unwʉrld′lē] adj. 1. not of or limited to this world; unearthly 2. not concerned with the affairs, pleasures, etc. of this world 3. not worldly wise; unsophisticated unworldliness n … English World dictionary
unworldly — [[t]ʌ̱nwɜ͟ː(r)ldli[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as unworldly, you mean that they have not experienced many things in their life and do not know what sort of things usually happen to other people during their lives. She was so young … English dictionary
unworldly — un|world|ly [ ʌn wɜrldli ] adjective 1. ) not interested in money or possessions 2. ) someone who is unworldly trusts other people too much and is therefore easily tricked: NAIVE 3. ) slightly strange or unusual: a landscape of unworldly beauty ─ … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unworldly — adjective 1) a gauche, unworldly girl Syn: naive, simple, inexperienced, innocent, green, raw, callow, immature, ignorant, gullible, ingenuous, artless, guileless, childlike, trusting, credulous; nonmaterialistic … Thesaurus of popular words
unworldly — UK [ʌnˈwɜː(r)ldlɪ] / US [ʌnˈwɜrldlɪ] adjective 1) someone who is unworldly trusts other people too much and is therefore easily tricked 2) not interested in money or possessions 3) slightly strange or unusual a landscape of unworldly beauty • See … English dictionary
unworldly — un|world|ly [ʌnˈwə:ldli US ə:r ] adj 1.) not interested in money or possessions 2.) not having a lot of experience of life = ↑naive 3.) unusual and having qualities that do not seem to belong to this world ▪ unworldly beauty … Dictionary of contemporary English
