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Princeton's WordNet

  1. comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-doadjective

    in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich

    "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"

Wiktionary

  1. well-to-doadjective

    rich; prosperous

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of well-to-do in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of well-to-do in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of well-to-do in a Sentence

  1. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul:

    If a white kid is caught with it, and they're from a well-to-do family, they get a good lawyer, and they don't go to jail.

  2. The Post:

    His real name, according to friends and others familiar with his case, is Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming.

  3. John Duarte for Congress:

    We have the highest taxes in the country. They keep putting the socialist burden on well-to-do retirees, business owners and their just leading California left and right right now.

  4. Tom Carter:

    A peek inside the city's many nightspots reveals a Shangri-La-di-da of tiny Shanghai socialites in even tinier outfits dancing provocatively with well-to-do Westerners. But while such sights may draw gasps from some people, the truth is that this kind of thing is nothing new for Shanghai, the Orient's original opium-den of iniquity.

  5. Ned Price:

    We have continued as well to do what we can to support Afghans to whom we have a special commitment, and that includes those who fall within the category of the [ Special Immigrant Visas ], we are looking at alternatives to processing for the larger cohort within this category knowing that, even though our presence on the ground in Afghanistan is no more, we are doing what we can from other posts and looking at creative solutions to continue our efforts to safely relocate those individuals who wish to depart the country.


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