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English Dictionary: wealthy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wealthy
adj
  1. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"
    Synonym(s): affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wealthy \Wealth"y\, a. [Compar. {Wealthier}; superl.
      {Wealthiest}.]
      1. Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than
            most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent;
            affluent; rich.
  
                     A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe.            --Shak.
  
                     Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. --Ps.
                                                                              lxvi. 12.
  
      2. Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant. [R.]
  
                     The wealthy witness of my pen.            --B. Jonson.
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