affluently

Variant of affluent

adjective

  1. flowing freely
  2. plentiful; abundant
  3. wealthy; prosperous; rich: the affluent society

Origin: ME < L affluens, prp. of affluere: see affluence

noun

  1. a tributary stream
    opposed to effluent ( specif. )
  2. an affluent person

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