Hyphenation of worldly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word worldly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

world-ly

Definitions of worldly:

1.	Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world Worldly goods and advancement Temporal possessions of the church
2.	Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit Versed in the ways of the world The blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond' The benefits of his worldly wisdom

Synonyms of worldly:

adj	worldly, economic, material, materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded, mundane, terrestrial, temporal, earthly, sophisticated
adj	blase, sophisticated
adj	temporal, profane

Last hyphenations of this language

baldish Intent myeloblast water-waving implementer frusta symbolizing bacteriologist imperialism Vaud bedawn white-veiled eubacterium filamentous Pontypridd De-anglicization Teodor bacteriform backachy

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.