Both Uses of
prosperous
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- Isawa had not been a particularly prosperous tailor, and his only capital was a Sankoku sewing machine.†
Chpt 1 *
- In the days right before the bombing, Dr Masakazu Fujii, being prosperous, hedonistic, and at the time not too busy, had been allowing himself the luxury of sleeping until nine or nine-thirty, but fortunately he had Ito get up early the morning the bomb was dropped to see a house guest off on a train.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
successful or good -- especially with regard to finances or wealth