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Meanings of unworldly in English

Not wise in the ways of the world.

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      1
      But there was nothing to warn her personally in these unworldly confessions.
      That Fortune
      2
      You must exercise your unworldly sense, and help me in this matter.
      The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
      3
      I am the only daughter of a poor, unworldly New England clergyman.
      A Face Illumined
      4
      I am sure this will, of itself, keep him unworldly and unselfish.
      Stepping Heavenward
      5
      Menandros turned to him and gave him a serene, almost unworldly smile.
      Roma eterna
      6
      But he was only a child, and an unworldly one at that.
      Hidden Warrior
      7
      But he is really a disinterested, unworldly fellow, said Mr. Farebrother, smiling.
      Middlemarch
      8
      Evelyn, be warned by me, and never, never marry an unworldly man.
      The Lady of the Basement Flat
      9
      I suppose you don't conduct business on what you call unworldly principles.
      Middlemarch
      10
      I may be uneducated and unworldly, but I'm not stupid or unread.
      Dead until dark
      11
      Neither with the worldly nor the unworldly woman could the ladies do anything.
      Evan Harrington — Volume 4
      12
      Colors are often described as unworldly in their variety and beauty.
      Evidence of the afterlife: the science of near-death experiences
      13
      In the midst of her millions Mrs. Vanderpoel was wholly unworldly.
      The Shuttle
      14
      Everything that moved was seen to move with a slow and unworldly grace.
      Winter’s Tale
      15
      Many thought him weak because he was simple, childlike and unworldly.
      Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals / In Two Volumes, V...
      16
      She was the least self-centred and self-scanned of human beings, unworldly and uncomplaining.
      Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One
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