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unworldly

/uhn-wurld-lee/US // ʌnˈwɜrld li //UK // (ʌnˈwɜːldlɪ) //

非世界性的,非世俗的,非世界性,非世界的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not worldly; not seeking material advantage; spiritually minded.
    • : naive; unsophisticated; provincial.
    • : not terrestrial; unearthly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not sophisticated; inexperienced

Examples

  • Only the unworldly could still think this was, at its worst, only an unseemly platonic relationship rather than a serious bonding.

  • McIlvain lays bare the curious culture of these uniquely unworldly young men.

  • When she arrived at the academy, Fernandez was 17 and, Sousa told me, a shy, unworldly country girl.

  • Those people had been right who had called Sir Denis unworldly.

  • I am ashamed that for one moment I doubted your innocent, unworldly heart.

  • The sisters were strict in their observances, and gave a good pattern of the unworldly life, which attracted Ellenbog strongly.

  • You see, I've known her from a child, and a more unworldly creature never breathed.

  • He was an austere man, and had the reputation of being singularly unworldly, for a river man.