Pros·per·ous a.
1. Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.
A happy passage and a prosperous wind. --Denham.
2. Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful; as, a prosperous voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a prosperous man or nation.
By moderation either state to bear
Prosperous or adverse. --Milton.
Syn: -- Fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate.
-- Pros*per*ous*ly, adv. -- Pros*per*ous*ness, n.
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