unworldly
[uhn-wurld-lee]
- not worldly; not seeking material advantage; spiritually minded.
- naive; unsophisticated; provincial.
- not terrestrial; unearthly.
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Origin of unworldly
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abstract, astral, celestial, dreamy, ethereal, extraterrestrial, fantastic, incorporeal, metaphysical, otherworldly, religious, transcendental, unearthly, unreal, visionary, supersensory, artless, clean, country, folksyExamples from the Web for unworldly
Contemporary Examples
Only the unworldly could still think this was, at its worst, only an unseemly platonic relationship rather than a serious bonding.
When she arrived at the academy, Fernandez was 17 and, Sousa told me, a shy, unworldly country girl.
Historical Examples
Mother, you are too charitable for this earth—too unworldly altogether.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
It looked unreal, a painting of unworldly quiet and desolation.
The Hills of HomeAlfred Coppel
Those people had been right who had called Sir Denis unworldly.
Mary GrayKatharine Tynan
He evidently thought of me as of one unworldly and unpractical.
How It All Came RoundL. T. Meade
She was wholly absorbed in her study of this unworldly and untaught nature.
EsmeraldaFrances Hodgson Burnett
unworldly
- not concerned with material values or pursuits
- lacking sophistication; naive
- not of this earth or world
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