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WORLDLY-MINDED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does worldly-minded mean?
• WORLDLY-MINDED (adjective)
The adjective WORLDLY-MINDED has 1 sense:
1. marked by materialism
Familiarity information: WORLDLY-MINDED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by materialism
Synonyms:
materialistic; mercenary; worldly-minded
Similar:
secular; temporal; worldly (characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world)
Context examples
His soul overflowed with ardent affections, and his friendship was of that devoted and wondrous nature that the worldly-minded teach us to look for only in the imagination.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
"Now, Laurie, don't be too fastidious and worldly-minded. If they love one another it doesn't matter a particle how old they are nor how poor. Women never should marry for money..." Amy caught herself up short as the words escaped her, and looked at her husband, who replied, with malicious gravity... Certainly not, though you do hear charming girls say that they intend to do it sometimes.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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