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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)
- He can afford to be witty ... prodigally, without saving, because he knows there is more wit where that came from.Introduction (63% in)
prodigally = extravagantly (or wastefully)
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