worldly-minded
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of worldly-minded
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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His soul overflowed with ardent affections, and his friendship was of that devoted and wondrous nature that the worldly-minded teach us to look for only in the imagination.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
No longer was she the fascinating unspoiled girl of his early acquaintance; she was a far more worldly-minded and ambitious Jean than he could have imagined.
From The Ranch Girls at Home Again by Margaret Vandercook
Bishoprics and abbacies were rewards of service to the king, the bishops were worldly-minded, plurality was frequent, and simony not unknown.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
That can’t be—discontented, worldly-minded girl that I have proved myself to be!
From Eunice by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
He was far too much of a student and worker to be altogether so worldly-minded as Browning represents him.
From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Helen Archibald Clarke
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