Definition of worldly

• a. - Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions.
• a. - Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men.
• a. - Lay, as opposed to clerical.
• adv. - With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.