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prosperous

[pros-per-uh s]
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adjective
  1. having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
  2. well-to-do or well-off: a prosperous family.
  3. favorable or propitious.
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Origin of prosperous

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin prosperus
Related formspros·per·ous·ly, adverbpros·per·ous·ness, nounnon·pros·per·ous, adjectivenon·pros·per·ous·ly, adverbnon·pros·per·ous·ness, nouno·ver·pros·per·ous, adjectiveo·ver·pros·per·ous·ly, adverbo·ver·pros·per·ous·ness, nounpseu·do·pros·per·ous, adjectivepseu·do·pros·per·ous·ly, adverbqua·si-pros·per·ous, adjectivequa·si-pros·per·ous·ly, adverbsu·per·pros·per·ous, adjectiveun·pros·per·ous, adjectiveun·pros·per·ous·ly, adverbun·pros·per·ous·ness, noun

Synonyms

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1. thriving. 2. wealthy, rich. 3. fortunate, lucky, auspicious.
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Examples from the Web for prosperously

Historical Examples

  • Prosperously, but not noticeably otherwise; he thought, in black.

    Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for prosperously

prosperous

adjective
  1. flourishing; prospering
  2. rich; affluent; wealthy
  3. favourable or promising
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Derived Formsprosperously, adverbprosperousness, noun
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Word Origin and History for prosperously

prosperous

adj.

early 15c., "tending to bring success," from prosper + -ous, or else from obsolete Middle French prospereus (15c.), from prosperer. The sense of "flourishing" is first recorded late 15c.

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