Was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I suppose you don't conduct business on what you call unworldly principles. From Wordnik.com. [Middlemarch] Reference
I suppose you don't principles. business on what you call unworldly principles. From Wordnik.com. [Middlemarch: a study of provincial life (1900)] Reference
Careful about vocabulary. 'unworldly' means 'innocent' or 'naive', not 'unearthly' or 'otherworldly', which is what I think you intended to convey. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 576] Reference
Mr. Bloomfield bore himself with a kind of unworldly grace, and Mr.. Bloomfield with a kind of sweet primness. From Wordnik.com. [Adela Cathcart, Volume 1] Reference
"unworldly" and though the forms thereof in the two only partially coincide. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century] Reference
A naive unworldly female being buffeted by the media. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Lewis: A Beer For The Guys -- A Leech For The 911 Caller] Reference
She's a dear girl, but you could say a little unworldly. From Wordnik.com. [Rose cottage]
Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Lewis: Shuster Proves Lennon Was Right: "Woman IS The Nigger Of The World"] Reference
And he was a handsome young man, even if a trifle unworldly. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
It looked unreal, a painting of unworldly quiet and desolation. From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of Home] Reference
"There's something rather unworldly about him at the moment," said Frost. From Wordnik.com. [Schwarzkopf For President?] Reference
It is an unworldly sleepy place, though its commerce in cheeses is enormous. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Oh, Margaret Elizabeth, it is your own fault, for being so dear, so unworldly!. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man] Reference
Her beauty was almost unworldly, impossible of existence in a world which contained mortals. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
The world's woman noted the beauty and tender grace of the unworldly woman, and her eyes fell. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce of the North Woods] Reference
In a community thus unworldly must have arisen a mode of thought, energetic, original, and sublime. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859] Reference
Esther knew that he was right, although she understood better than he the unworldly aims of the man. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Oh believe in your noblest impulses, in your purest instincts, in your most unworldly and spiritual thoughts!. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
Renteria was a quiet, thoughtful, unworldly man, humble and plain in his ways, though of considerable learning. From Wordnik.com. [Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies'] Reference
Rose had an unworldly face with a sort of Pre-Raphaelitish beauty: very unmodish in its sorrow and very touching. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
The difference in her simple attire from the full dress all around her in no wise disturbed her unworldly spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
After two years, it was easy for my mother, an unworldly woman at best, to forget the dissimilarity in their species. From Wordnik.com. [My Father, the Cat] Reference
Greenstock is typical of the diplomatic swamp from which he was bred; arrogant, unworldly and completely self absorbed. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Iran experts we spoke to today say Mr. Ahmadinejad's comments show how unworldly and inexperienced he is as a politician. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2005] Reference
Whatever are the faults of youth, it is unworldly in its estimates as a rule, and uncalculating in its thoughts of the future. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
Sheepshanks, though as unworldly a man as any in the county, considered himself unusually shrewd in business matters; and Aunt. From Wordnik.com. [Austin and His Friends] Reference
Many people would have said that he was laughing on the wrong side of his mouth: the worldly never can understand the unworldly. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
Worse still is the idea of marriage are you absolutely crazy?!? marriage is like an entire unworldly thing to even think about!!! haha. From Wordnik.com. [jaeaxe Diary Entry] Reference
In like manner, men of high, unworldly natures are often reverenced by those who are somewhat puzzled what to do with them practically. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859] Reference
And let that savvy, unread, unworldly, high achieving, rube, bumpkin, only female governor in Alaskan history leave our thoughts for a while. From Wordnik.com. [Finally Seeing Clearly] Reference
The gospel he was preaching constantly, by his pure, unworldly living, by his visitations to homes of poverty and sorrow, by his searching out of the lowly. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859] Reference
He seemed to have a fixed idea that all women were unworldly creatures and incapable of looking; after money; they were irresponsible, and at the mercy of any adventurer. From Wordnik.com. [A Town Like Alice]
The Tiger image -- uncomplicated, unspoiled, unworldly, utterly game-focused, which is now seemingly being debunked by events and by the tabloids -- may actually be a true one. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Wolff: Tiger Woods Is Innocent] Reference
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