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successful or good — especially with regard to finances or wealth- She owns a prosperous law firm.
prosperous = successful or good — especially with regard to finances or wealth
- It sure looked prosperous next to ours.Robert Newton Peck -- A Day No Pigs Would Die
- But in spite of these disadvantages, he had begun even in his father's lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future.Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
- The first act of Nicholas, when he became a rich and prosperous merchant, was to buy his father's old house.Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
- Most of the characters that perform in this book still live, and are prosperous and happy.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- And let their heirs,—God, if Thy will be so,— Enrich the time to come with smooth'd-fac'd peace, With smiling plenty, and fair prosperous days!William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
- His father left, trailing the faint, unfamiliar, prosperous aroma of his cigar.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- But we will be stronger and more prosperous working together.Tony Blair -- First Address to Irish Parliament From a British PM
- He was glad he had been prosperous and had been a great man of business rather than a small one; he was extremely glad he was rich.Henry James -- The American
- Heaven, from thy endless goodness, send prosperous life, long and ever happy, to the high and mighty Princess of England, Elizabeth!William Shakespeare -- Henry VIII
- May God grant you a long and prosperous life, my daughter.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- The man saluted and said: "A prosperous New Year to you, sir."James Joyce -- Dubliners
- There was plenty of food and no work in the Southland, and White Fang lived fat and prosperous and happy.Jack London -- White Fang
- "I thought the neighborhood looked more prosperous," he said wistfully.Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
- Not everybody in the world, Liv, has to live in this over-blessed, over-prosperous duchy of a town.Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
- The farm was more prosperous now, and better organised: it had even been enlarged by two fields which had been bought from Mr. Pilkington.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- Jo-Jo owned two hot dogs carts and co-owned a grocery store that was very prosperous.Junot Diaz -- Drown
- It may be thought so by the young and prosperous.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- He says he feels as if he 'could make a prosperous voyage now with me aboard as mate, and lots of love for ballast'.Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
- Only two days ago I was a happy and prosperous man, without a care in the world.Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
prosperous = successful or good (especially in regard to finances)
prosperous = successful or good — especially with regard to finances or wealth