Definition of unworldly Unworldly
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We found 9 definitions of unworldly from 5 different sources.
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What does unworldly mean?
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Adjectiveunworldly, unworldlier, unworldliest |
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| unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney | ||
| worldly, secular, temporal characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" | ||
| naif, naive inexperienced | ||
| pious having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings" | ||
| anchoritic, hermitic, hermitical, eremitic, eremitical characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence" | ||
| cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical, cloistered providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot" | ||
| unearthly, spiritual lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford | ||
| unworldly - not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien | ||
| unsophisticated | ||
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Wiktionary 
- unworldly (Adjective)
Of or relating to the spiritual as opposed to the material. - unworldly (Adjective)
Unconcerned with secular matters. - unworldly (Adjective)
Lacking sophistication.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- unworldly (a.)
Not worldly; spiritual; holy.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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unworldly
un-wurld′li, adj. above worldly or self-interested motives, spiritual.—n. Unworld′liness -
unworldly
un-wurld′li, adj. above worldly or self-interested motives, spiritual.—n. Unworld′liness
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