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worldly

 adjective
     
world‧ly [only before noun]
1

worldly goods/possessions

literary everything you own
2 relating to ordinary life rather than spiritual or religious ideas [= mundane]:
He seemed very calm and far removed from worldly concerns.
3 having a lot of experience and knowledge about people and life [≠ unworldly]
—worldliness noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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