worldly
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Although there is scarcely a reader of history unaware of the widely rumored affair between Edwina Mountbatten—the viceroy’s wife—and Jawaharlal Nehru, that most worldly of Indian anti-imperialists, Mr. Dalrymple repackages it with jaunty mischief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Say what you will about the Davosites, they are worldly types who understand regression to the mean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
But we also know him as Ziggy Stardust, the alien rock star, or the elegant, worldly Thin White Duke.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
There are still financial tasks that have to be done for you after your death, like filing your last tax return and cleaning up your worldly possessions.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
And there were the timid children of the neighbors, boys and girls to whom my brother and I felt superior in worldly knowledge.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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