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Meanings of prodigally in English

To a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree.

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Examples for "wastefully"
Examples for "wastefully"
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But the ointment was not meant to be used quite so wastefully.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 10 (o...
2
Full of overweening contempt of Wellington, he began the fight heedlessly and wastefully.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
3
I could not give them- Ishouldnot wastefully fling them away.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
4
These rambles were but the last, sweet, wastefully-spent remnants of a happy season.
Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance
5
He here became annoyed to observe that his cigarette had been burning wastefully.
The Wrong Twin
Usage of prodigally in English
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And so with illustrations practically inexhaustible, which the long list prodigally offers.
Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personal...
2
Free and generous with money, he prodigally wasted the revenues of three pontificates.
The Age of the Reformation
3
The truly good then seems to be the fantastic, the sensuous, the prodigally unreal.
The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
4
Here I exploit only natural resources, take only what the earth has prodigally provided.
North of Fifty-Three
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Of that I believe nothing, the number is supposititious, and too prodigally foisted in.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
6
The land, rapidly exhausted by tobacco, was prodigally wasted, and the general prosperity declined.
George Washington, Volume II
7
Star-flowers shed their multicolored radiance everywhere, and starlight poured prodigally down from the sky.
The Servant Problem
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Is there any other city in the world where gold is so prodigally used?
The Valley of Decision
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They got out and Michael prodigally overpaid the driver.
There was a King in Egypt
10
Inevitably, then, the raw splendors that Olga Larson dispensed so prodigally gave Patricia the creeps.
The Real Adventure
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Adrian's book had been prodigally advertised in the spring.
Jaffery
12
Prizes were distributed prodigally, but he never got one.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
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How gratefully he receives, how prodigally he repays, the cordial appreciation of an admiring world!
My Lady's Money
14
He could give, prodigally; but what he gave had generally been taken from some one else.
England under the Tudors
15
The fortune was lavishly, profusely, and prodigally spent.
Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composi...
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They had given generously, prodigally even, of their effort and it had not been for hire.
A Pagan of the Hills
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Prodigally through the time