prosperously
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a prosperous manner; so as to prosper.
Example Sentences
- "And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things."
- "The Race of this Warre fell vpon the losse of Vrbin it selfe, which was the Dukes vndoubted Right; Yet in this case, no Penitentiary, (though hee had enioyned him neuer so strait Penance to expiate his first Offence,) would haue counselled him to haue giuen ouer the pursuit of his Right for Vrbin; Which after he prosperously re-obtained, […]"
- "‘She is a zealous sister,’ said Lord George. ‘Her collection goes on prosperously, and is pursued with fervour. Has her husband joined?’"
- "Time drifted smoothly and prosperously on, and I supposed—and hoped—that I was going to follow the river the rest of my days, and die at the wheel when my mission was ended."
Etymology
Etymology tree English prosperous Middle English -ly English -ly English prosperously From prosperous + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more prosperously (comparative)
most prosperously (superlative)