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WEALTHY
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Irregular inflected forms: wealthier , wealthiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Example:
a substantial family
Synonyms:
affluent; flush; loaded; moneyed; substantial; wealthy
Classified under:
Similar:
rich (possessing material wealth)
Derivation:
wealth (an abundance of material possessions and resources)
wealth; wealthiness (the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money)
Context examples:
Everywhere there were mingled the luxury of the wealthy man of taste and the careless untidiness of the bachelor.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The idlers, the wealthy idlers.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Thorpe, most happy to be on speaking terms with a man of General Tilney's importance, had been joyfully and proudly communicative; and being at that time not only in daily expectation of Morland's engaging Isabella, but likewise pretty well resolved upon marrying Catherine himself, his vanity induced him to represent the family as yet more wealthy than his vanity and avarice had made him believe them.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Therefore, Sir Walter, what I would take leave to suggest is, that if in consequence of any rumours getting abroad of your intention; which must be contemplated as a possible thing, because we know how difficult it is to keep the actions and designs of one part of the world from the notice and curiosity of the other; consequence has its tax; I, John Shepherd, might conceal any family-matters that I chose, for nobody would think it worth their while to observe me; but Sir Walter Elliot has eyes upon him which it may be very difficult to elude; and therefore, thus much I venture upon, that it will not greatly surprise me if, with all our caution, some rumour of the truth should get abroad; in the supposition of which, as I was going to observe, since applications will unquestionably follow, I should think any from our wealthy naval commanders particularly worth attending to; and beg leave to add, that two hours will bring me over at any time, to save you the trouble of replying.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
My uncle, in his fawn-coloured driving-coat, with all his harness of the same tint, looked the ideal of a Corinthian whip; while Sir John Lade, with his many-caped coat, his white hat, and his rough, weather-beaten face, might have taken his seat with a line of professionals upon any ale-house bench without any one being able to pick him out as one of the wealthiest landowners in England.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A moment before I had been safe of all men’s respect, wealthy, beloved—the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind, hunted, houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallows.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
But I wonder no wealthy nobleman or gentleman has taken a fancy to her: Mr. Rochester, for instance.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“At the same time,” Holmes continued, Lady Eva is not a wealthy woman.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He earns his living partly as interpreter in the law courts and partly by acting as guide to any wealthy Orientals who may visit the Northumberland Avenue hotels.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Boscombe Pool, which is a little reed-girt sheet of water some fifty yards across, is situated at the boundary between the Hatherley Farm and the private park of the wealthy Mr. Turner.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
