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# worldly

«worldly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Belonging to this world and its ordinary things, not to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (worldlier, worldliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Belonging to this world and its ordinary things, not to spirits or heaven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/#m1)

2) Having many possessions or knowing much about money and society. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/#m2)

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «worldly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worldly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.