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prodi·gal·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
wastefully, prodigallyadverb
to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree
"we are still prodigally rich compared to others"
Wiktionary
prodigallyadverb
In a prodigal manner; extravagantly or wastefully.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Prodigallyadverb
Profusely; wastefully; extravagantly.
Etymology: from prodigal.
We are not yet so wretched in our fortunes,
Nor in our wills so lost, as to abandon
A friendship prodigally, of that price
As is the senate and the people of Rome. Ben Jonson.I cannot well be thought so prodigally thirsty of my subjects blood, as to venture my own life. Charles I .
The next in place and punishment are they,
Who prodigally throw their souls away;
Fools, who repining at their wretched state,
And loathing anxious life, suborn’d their fate. Dryden.Nature not bounteous now, but lavish grows,
Our paths with flow’rs she prodigally strows. Dryden.
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prodigally
Prodigally refers to a manner characterized by spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant. It may also refer to behavior that is generously abundant or yielding in abundance. Essentially, it relates to the characteristics of a prodigal - someone who spends lavishly, wastefully, or to excess.
Webster Dictionary
Prodigallyadverb
in a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prodigally in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prodigally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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