worldly

Other forms of worldly

comparative or superlative

worldlier

comparative or superlative

worldliest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about worldly

What does worldly mean?

worldly means "characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in worldly?

worldly has 2 syllables: world-ly. The stress falls on "world". In IPA it is /ˈwɝldli/.

What is another word for worldly?

Close synonyms include secular, temporal, blase. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of worldly?

The recorded antonyms are unworldly.

Is worldly a common word?

worldly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with worldly?

1 word rhymes with worldly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.