prosperously
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4.9
- adverb
- /prɒsˈpɛrəsli/
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prósperamente
- And it may just be that in building bright green cities we do more than help avert a monstrous disaster for which we are largely responsible; that in fact we may find that the fruit of our labors to transform our footprints is, in fact, to transform ourselves, and we might just awaken on the other side of this fight to find ourselves prosperously at home in the sort of communities we thought lost forever, leading more creative, connected, and carefree lives.
- live prosperously
Examples
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Of course I'm going to only eat the healthiest foods I can so my body can function as healthily and as prosperously as possible.
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When I've asked leaders on all sides what their #1 hope is for the region, they invariably say something like, "We want a place for our children and grandchildren to live peacefully and prosperously."
Blog text (17) -
Investments must be made in order to live prosperously.
Blog text (26) -
He would want you to make sure that you're living happy and prosperously and with having fun and joy.
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Anyway, the article reminisced about the days when, as children, we could sit there doodling prosperously for hours about our future careers.
Blog text (31) -
Jewish doctors, merchants, and artisans lived prosperously and worked productively under Muslim rule.
Academic text (2010) -
He further describes the Rwala notion of Paradise as a place "below ground" where all the Rwala live prosperously.
Academic text (2003) -
As the youngest of three brothers, all successful general practitioners who lived prosperously on Strivers' Row in Harlem (a street so called because of the prominence
Fiction book (1995) -
Eventually, the road drops, and drops some more, into an eyelet of gap between farmed ridges, and the Gallatin Valley opens up prosperously for twenty miles ahead.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many families hope to live prosperously in the new community with better job opportunities.
Synonyms
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4.6
In a large, generous way, often with a lot of money
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3.2
To a large degree or very strongly
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5.0
In a way that uses or shows a lot of money
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5.3
To make a lot of money
Antonyms
How Prosperous
Surface Forms
Morphology
prosperously = prosperous (transparent) = prosper + ous + ly
Standard adverb formation by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'prosperous', preserving the adjective's meaning.
Etymology
Prosperously comes from prosper, which comes from an old Latin word prosperus meaning 'lucky' or 'good for you', and it is the same root as prosperity meaning 'money and success'. So, to do something prosperously is to do it in a way that brings success, money, or good fortune.