Both Uses of
prosperous
in
Sense and Sensibility
- She could not consider her partiality for Edward in so prosperous a state as Marianne had believed it.†
Chpt 4 *
- It is an engagement in some respects not prosperously begun, for their marriage must be at a very uncertain distance; and even secrecy, as far as it can be observed, may now be very advisable.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(prosperous) successful or good -- especially with regard to finances or wealth