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Definition: Prodigally |
ProdigallyAdverb1. In a prodigal manner; "he spent prodigally". 2. To a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree; "we are still prodigally rich compared to others". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "prodigally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: ProdigallySynonym: wastefully (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Prodigally |
| English words defined with "prodigally": spend-all, Spender, spendthrift ♦ wastefully. (references) |
| "Prodigally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Prodigally" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "prodigally": spend prodigally. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "prodigally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على نحو خصب, بإسراف شديد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разточително (luxuriously), щедро (amply, at large, freely, largely, profusely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozmařile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prodigalement, avec prodigalité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verschwenderische (thriftlessly, unthrifty, wastefully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | με σπατάλην, ασώτωσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pazarlóan (lavishly, profligately, squanderingly, wastefully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | odigallypray prodigamente, esbanjadoramente, em grande quantidade (aplenty, galore, profusely). (various references) расточительно (wastefully), богато (richly). (various references) rasipno (mis-spend, profusely). (various references) slösaktigt. (various references) saçıp savurmak (fling away, prodigalize, scatter, spend prodigally, squander, squander away). (various references) марнотратно, багато (a lot, a lot of, abundantly, considerably, deep, galore, lots of, many, much, no end of, not a few, opulently, richly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Prodigally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parodically, podgily. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "prodigally" (pronounced 'Prod"i*gal*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-l-l-o-p-r-y" | |
-2 letters: gyroidal, playgirl, prodigal. | |
-3 letters: dipolar, godlily, goliard, gorilla, lairdly, payroll, pillory, podgily, pollard, prodigy, pyralid, rapidly. | |
-4 letters: algoid, argyll, aridly, dialog, dollar, drolly, gallop, gladly, glairy, gloria, gorily, lapdog, logily, lordly, orally, pallid, pallor, parody, pillar, ploidy, pylori, pyrola, ropily. | |
-5 letters: aldol, algid, algor, allod, alloy, argil, argol, aroid, daily, dairy, dally, diary, dilly. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-i-l-l-o-p-r-y" | |
+5 letters: demographically, ideographically. | |
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