Someone who is worldly is experienced and knows about the practical or social aspects of life. He was different from anyone I had known, very worldly, everything that Dermot was not
Worldly is used to describe things relating to success, wealth, and possessions. Today the media drive athletes to the view that the important thing is to gain worldly success
Worldly is used to describe things relating to the ordinary activities of life, rather than to spiritual things. I think it is time you woke up and focused your thoughts on more worldly matters
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement"
very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"
Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"