prosperously

comparative more prosperously · superlative most prosperously

1. In a prosperous manner; so as to prosper.

   And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 35:4

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   The Race of this Warre fell vpon the losse of Vrbin it selfe, which was the Dukes vndoubted Right; Yet in this case, no Penitentiary, (though hee had enioyned him neuer so strait Penance to expiate his first Offence,) would haue counselled him to haue giuen ouer the pursuit of his Right for Vrbin; Which after he prosperously re-obtained, […]

   a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, pages 8–9

   ‘She is a zealous sister,’ said Lord George. ‘Her collection goes on prosperously, and is pursued with fervour. Has her husband joined?’

   1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 36.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC

   Time drifted smoothly and prosperously on, and I supposed—and hoped—that I was going to follow the river the rest of my days, and die at the wheel when my mission was ended.

   1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 21, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC