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unworldlier

unworldlier is the comparative form of unworldly.

Meaning of unworldly

Adjective

unworldly (comparative unworldlier, superlative unworldliest)

  1. Exceeding what is typically found in the world; exceptional, transcendent.
  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.’1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XVII, in Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II
    Synonyms:
    otherworldly
  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.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 35
    Synonyms:
    otherworldly
  4. Lacking sophistication.

Questions about unworldlier

What is unworldlier the comparative form of?
Unworldlier is the comparative form of unworldly.

Words near unworldlier in the dictionary

  1. unworks
  2. unworkshopped
  3. unworksome
  4. unworld
  5. unworldiness
  6. unworldlier
  7. unworldliest
  8. unworldliness
  9. unworldlinesses
  10. unworldly
  11. unworlds

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