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English Dictionary: prodigally by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigally
adv
  1. to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree; "we are still prodigally rich compared to others"
    Synonym(s): wastefully, prodigally
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prodigally \Prod"i*gal*ly\, adv.
      In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense;
      extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate
      prodigally dissipated.
  
               Nature not bounteous now, but lavish grows; Our paths
               with flowers she prodigally strows.         --Dryden.
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