independently wealthy

adjective

Possessing enough wealth that one does not need financial support from others or income from employment.

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Meanings

adjectiveindependently wealthy (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePossessing enough wealth that one does not need financial support from others or income from employment.

    "I'm independently wealthy, so I'm not in the pay of any particular group or industry," Mr. Williams said.

    2006 June 14, Ian Austen, “Canada Conservative Gets Aggressive With Big Oil”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Jul 2008
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    "I happen to be independently wealthy, a clerk no longer." "How's that—wealthy?" "Came into a small fortune this evening—nothing immodest, but ample for one of my simple tastes and modest ambitions."

    1913, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 12, in The Day of Days
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