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 — 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
