We are still prodigally rich compared to others. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He spent prodigally. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Mediterranean had hitherto been prodigally clothed. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet] Reference
When she gave she gave prodigally, with both hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilgrim of Hate]
He seemed to waste himself, right and left, prodigally. From Wordnik.com. [Read-Aloud Plays] Reference
The fortune was lavishly, profusely, and prodigally spent. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Arne produced answers as prodigally as tax collectors offer rebates. From Wordnik.com. [Slay Ride]
But Gold ( "Carter Beats the Devil") is a prodigally gifted storyteller. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie’s Company] Reference
Of that I believe nothing, the number is supposititious, and too prodigally foisted in. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
He could give, prodigally; but what he gave had generally been taken from some one else. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
Grant that I may have a part in those gifts which thou didst so prodigally bestow upon them. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
At still other times, his tactics would be to scatter single chips prodigally and amazingly over the table. From Wordnik.com. [SHORTY DREAMS] Reference
Star-flowers shed their multicolored radiance everywhere, and starlight poured prodigally down from the sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
Now all he had to do was achieve a similar distance and perhaps he could return, prodigally, to the Harper Hall. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Fire]
The arts of the card-sharper and thimble-rigger had been prodigally employed to save the candidate of Mozart Hall. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Mr. Drayton, shrewdly traversing the network of those prodigally built railways, felt no need of asking any such question. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
Such wealth and power; such science and organization, so prodigally used even for the one-night theater of the Texas Gala. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Republicans] Reference
If taken in small quantities, Onions quicken the circulation, and assist digestion; but when eaten more prodigally they disagree. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
And he spent time and money prodigally in supporting journals which were to spread the special doctrines of his form of Socialism. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
The constellations are no longer geometrical diagrams so much as they are prodigally marshalling hosts, planets ablaze among them. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Also Fire]
And Tom King, who for half an hour had conserved his strength, now expended it prodigally in the one great effort he knew he had in him. From Wordnik.com. [A PIECE OF STEAK] Reference
This name is so respectable that it should not be prodigally bestowed; it is not right to assume the name and arms of a family to which one does not belong. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Harlan Kaye is an American literary one-hit wonder kicking around Paris, throwing away his royalties as prodigally as he can, and pretty much just waiting to die. From Wordnik.com. [CULT OF FLESH by Hugh Knox (Holloway House 1970)] Reference
Thou didst not search into it halfe so soone, nor (indeed) did I expresse a quarter of my ingenuity to thee, as (since his comming) hath prodigally flowne from me. From Wordnik.com. [The Decameron] Reference
Christopher Marlowe, the most prodigally gifted of Shakespeare's poetic contemporaries, was stabbed to death in an apparently casual brawl at the age of twenty-nine. From Wordnik.com. [The Marlowe Murder Case] Reference
They early discovered the virtues of hot water judiciously saturated with sugar, and they prodigally swam their flapjacks and soaked their crusts in the rich, white syrup. From Wordnik.com. [In a Far Country] Reference
The investment game is prodigally encumbered with inducement for manipulation or corruption, imploring the weak of fortitude, morals and principals to abide to discrepant customs. From Wordnik.com. [Is Madoff Really A Wall Street Anomaly?] Reference
They got out and Michael prodigally overpaid the driver. From Wordnik.com. [There was a King in Egypt] Reference
Nowhere are Youth and its capacities more prodigally lavished; nowhere is Old. From Wordnik.com. [Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.] Reference
Mr. Haines was slumped far down in a big armchair out of which he overflowed prodigally. From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Edge] Reference
The earth this year had been prodigally bountiful, and now was the supreme moment of her bounty. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
I sent her away in my distress, provided for her, richly, prodigally; but my heart was turned to stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck] Reference
Adventurer, which is so prodigally given in rich old countries to those who have no estates but their brains. From Wordnik.com. [My Novel — Complete] Reference
He was, for example, of striking physical appearance, was attractively dressed and mannered, was prodigally generous. From Wordnik.com. [The Grain of Dust] Reference
He was one of those youths who believe in spending prodigally and in all possible haste what little nature has given them. From Wordnik.com. [Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers] Reference
Here is shown a woman gorgeously clothed, prodigally bedecked with jewels, and having a cup in her hand, made of gold, but full of vile filth. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation] Reference
M----, an old voluptuary, who paid prodigally for his pleasures; he so glowingly described the advantages of such a connection, that she entered into all his plans. From Wordnik.com. [Manon Lescaut] Reference
Her small head was prodigally laden with braids of dull fair hair, and she might have had a kind of transient prettiness but for the sullen droop of her round mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1] Reference
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