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Unworldly

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exceeding what is typically found in the world; exceptional, transcendent.
  2. 2
    Characterising people who are unconcerned with worldly matters; spiritually minded.

    "‘But a good wife—a good unworldly woman—may really help a man, and keep him more independent.’"

  3. 3
    Not belonging to this world; celestial.

    "This creature from a higher world has not forgotten all that he knew before; he retains his unworldly talents and supreme intelligence."

  4. 4
    Lacking sophistication.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not wise in the ways of the world wordnet
  2. 2
    not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations wordnet

Etymology

From un- + worldly.

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