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    prodigally
    [ˈprädəɡəlē]
    definition
    1. adverb form of prodigal
    prod·i·gal
    [ˈprädəɡ(ə)l]
    adjective
    prodigal (adjective)
    1. spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant:
      "prodigal habits die hard"
    2. having or giving something on a lavish scale:
      "the dessert was crunchy with brown sugar and prodigal with whipped cream"
    noun
    prodigal (noun) · prodigals (plural noun) · prodigal daughter (noun) · prodigal daughters (plural noun) · prodigal son (noun) · prodigal sons (plural noun)
    1. a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way:
      "he hated rich prodigals who lived useless, imprudent lives"
      • a person who leaves home and behaves recklessly, but later makes a repentant return.
    Origin
    late Middle English: from late Latin prodigalis, from Latin prodigus ‘lavish’.
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    adjective
    1. spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant:
      wasteful
      extravagant
      spendthrift
      improvident
      imprudent
      immoderate
      profligate
      thriftless
      excessive
      intemperate
      irresponsible
      self-indulgent
      reckless
      wanton
      Opposite:
      thrifty
      economical
      parsimonious
    2. having or giving something on a lavish scale:
      generous
      lavish
      liberal
      unstinting
      unsparing
      bountiful
      copious
      profuse
      rich
      bounteous
      abundant in
      abounding in
      Opposite:
      mean
    noun
    1. a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way:
      profligate
      squanderer
      waster
      big spender
      wastrel
      Opposite:
      miser
      skinflint
      Scrooge
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