unworldly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
    • was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney
  2. adjective satellite not wise in the ways of the world
    unsophisticated.
    • either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver
    • this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien

WordNet


Un*world"ly adjective
Definitions
  1. Not worldly; spiritual; holy. Hawthorne. -- Un*world"li*ness n.

Webster 1913