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comparative unworldlier, superlative unworldliest
Exceeding what is typically found in the world; exceptional, transcendent. examples
Characterising people who are unconcerned with worldly matters; spiritually minded. quotations examples
‘But a good wife—a good unworldly woman—may really help a man, and keep him more independent.’
1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book II, chapter 17
Not belonging to this world; celestial. quotations examples
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
Lacking sophistication. examples