secular
adjective
of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal.
secularly
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a word derived from
secular.
Example Sentences
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“The perception for a long time was that defense was either in secular decline or was secularly flat,” Mr. Kreitz says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
This was how I grew up experiencing my faith, though otherwise I had been brought up fairly secularly.
From Time ● Jun. 8, 2015
But I do think that the state of your soul, whether expressed religiously or secularly, is the primary concern in life.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2015
That’s also how he’s able to moralize from a great height, secularly or not, while seeming like your friend.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2011
I already have tried to show what seem to me the destructive factors, secularly and sociologically.
From Towards the Great Peace by Ralph Adams Cram
