wealthilyadv.
/ˈwɛlθᵻli/, U.S. /ˈwɛlθəli/ Now rare.
In a wealthy manner.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adverb]
richlyOE
richa1325
wealthfully?1529
wealthily1534
opulently1542
affluently1631
substantially1656
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces ii. sig. K.4 That pertayne and auayle a man to lyue well and welthyly.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gi All thynges be so well and wealthelye ordered; that vertue ie had in pryce and estimatyon.
1567 J. Sanford tr. Epictetus Man. Epist. A ij b That we should be in felicitie and leade our life both well and wealthilie.
1614 S. Daniel Hymens Triumph ii. i And thus they all vnhappy by that meanes Which they accompt would bring all happinesse; Most wealthely are plagu'd, with rich distresse.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 74 I come to wiue it wealthily in Padua. View more context for this quotation
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xiv. §25. 304 When out of an eagerness of bestowing them wealthily, they force them to marry utterly against their own inclinations.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Richly With riches; wealthily.
c1885 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) III. 1123 Ill it becometh me to dwell so wealthily When at my very Door are those possessing more, In abject poverty.
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