prosperous
/ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/ adjective B1- Characterized by success. · Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
- Well off; affluent. · He was raised in a very prosperous household.
- Favorable. · He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.
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The tables were well filled with prosperous-looking diners, there was a good orchestra, playing softly enough to make conversation a possible pleasure, and the cuisine and service were beyond criticism.
Among those who are at all his equals in consequence, he is a very different man from what he is to the less prosperous.
A promise of secrecy was of course very dutifully given, but it could not be kept without difficulty; for the curiosity excited by his long absence burst forth in such very direct questions on his return, as required some ingenuity to evade, and he was at the same time exercising great self-denial, for he was longing to publish his prosperous love.
Everyone seemed happy and contented and prosperous.
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