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worldly-minded
[ wurld-lee-mahyn-did ]
adjective
- having or showing devotion to the affairs and interests of this world.
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- worldly-minded·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of worldly-minded1
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Example Sentences
They will reach you by the hands of Mr. Mackenzie, a worldly-minded Scotch merchant, but honest as to earthly things.
But since then she had seen life through the eyes of a worldly-minded old husband, and it had made a difference.
It sounded very worldly-minded and decisive and Mrs. Ashburner gained an envious comfort in her daughter's declaration.
It would have been better for her and for Angus if she had been more worldly-minded—less innocent of the knowledge of evil.
Sometimes I thought it was vain and worldly minded in me, but I couldn't give it up.
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