Careful Words

worldly (adj.)

I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated

To closeness and the bettering of my mind.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.

  With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.

Book Of Common Prayer: Solemnization of Matrimony.

The weariest and most loathed worldly life

That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment

Can lay on nature, is a paradise

To what we fear of death.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674): Emblems. Book ii. Emblem 2.