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[ adverb ] in a prodigal manner

Examples

"he spent prodigally"

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

Other flowers we might gather as we pleased : myrtle and white_violets from beneath the lilacs ; the lilacs themselves , that bloomed so prodigally but for_the_most_part beyond our reach ; snowballs ; hollyhock blossoms that , turned upside_down , make pink petticoated ladies ; and the little , dark_blue larkspur that scattered its seed everywhere .

Related terms

lavish lavish

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[ adverb ] to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree

Synonyms

wastefully

Examples

"we are still prodigally rich compared to others"

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