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recklessly wasteful
or more rarely:
abundant (extravagant in amount)
or more rarely still:
long absent (someone who has been away a long time)
or more rarely:
abundant (extravagant in amount)
or more rarely still:
long absent (someone who has been away a long time)
- Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.p. 40.9
prodigality = abundance (extravagance in amount)
(editor's note: This is a less common sense of prodigality, which more commonly refers to wastefulness.)
(editor's note: This is a less common sense of prodigality, which more commonly refers to wastefulness.)
There are no more uses of "prodigal" in The Great Gatsby.
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