ethereal vs worldly

ethereal

adj
  • Pertaining to the (real or hypothetical) upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere. 

  • Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. 

  • To do with diethyl ether. 

  • Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts. 

worldly

adv
  • In a worldly manner. 

adj
  • Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world. 

  • Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters. 

  • Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual. 

How often have the words ethereal and worldly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )