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Meaning of "profligately" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PROFLIGATELY

ˈprɒflɪɡətlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFLIGATELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Profligately is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PROFLIGATELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spendthrift

A spendthrift is someone who spends money prodigiously and who is extravagant and recklessly wasteful, often to a point where the spending climbs well beyond his or her means. The word derives from an obsolete sense of the word "thrift" to mean prosperity rather than frugality, so that a "spendthrift" is one who has spent their prosperity. Historical figures who have been characterized as spendthrifts include Karl Marx George IV of Great Britain, King Ludwig II of Bavaria, and Marie Antoinette. The term is often used by the press as an adjective applied to governments who are thought to be wasting public money.

Definition of profligately in the English dictionary

The definition of profligately in the dictionary is in such a way as to be shamelessly immoral or debauched. Other definition of profligately is in such a way as to be wildly extravagant or wasteful.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROFLIGATELY

accurately · adequately · affectionately · aggregately · appropriately · braggartly · conjugately · deliberately · delicately · desperately · disproportionately · immediately · inappropriately · intimately · legitimately · moderately · passionately · privately · quietly · separately

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFLIGATELY

profiteer · profiteering · profiter · profiterole · profitless · profitlessly · profits tax · profitwise · profligacy · profligate · profluence · profluent · profound · profoundly · profoundly deaf · profoundness · profulgent · Profumo · profundity · profuse

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFLIGATELY

absolutely · alternately · approximately · articulately · coordinately · corporately · dispassionately · elaborately · fortunately · immaculately · inadequately · indiscriminately · intricately · lately · ornately · philately · proportionately · proximately · stately · ultimately · unfortunately

Synonyms and antonyms of profligately in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «profligately» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFLIGATELY

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The translations of profligately from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «profligately» in English.
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profligately
1,325 millions of speakers
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profligately
570 millions of speakers
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profligately
510 millions of speakers
hi

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गहनता
380 millions of speakers
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بإسراف
280 millions of speakers
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profligately
278 millions of speakers
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profligately
270 millions of speakers
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profligately
260 millions of speakers
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profligately
220 millions of speakers
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Secara mendalam
190 millions of speakers
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profligately
180 millions of speakers
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profligately
130 millions of speakers
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profligately
85 millions of speakers
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Kanthi apik
85 millions of speakers
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profligately
80 millions of speakers
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profligately
75 millions of speakers
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निरुपयोगी
75 millions of speakers
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profligately
70 millions of speakers
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profligately
65 millions of speakers
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profligately
50 millions of speakers
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profligately
40 millions of speakers
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profligately
30 millions of speakers
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profligately
15 millions of speakers
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profligately
14 millions of speakers
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profligately
10 millions of speakers
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profligately
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of profligately

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFLIGATELY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of profligately
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about profligately

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFLIGATELY»

Discover the use of profligately in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profligately and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Vindication of the Dissenters: In Answer to Dr. William ...
... Author ; but of giving up entirely the liberty of our country. The Episcopal Clergy have been lo profligately wicked, 3S to assist the Papists in fathering upon us their feigned plots, and limiting them abroad among the people to make us odious ...
James Peirce, 1717
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
... to wash the temples, hands, wrists, and jugulars, do potently profligate and keep off the venom. Harvey. * PROFLIGATELY, adv. [from profligate.] Sh.-.melest- ly.— Most profligately false. Swift. . « PROFLIGATENESS. n.f. [from profligate.] ...
‎1816
3
Michael Ryan’s Writings on Medical Ethics
The issue was what he delicately called 'profligately licentious' behavior in sex- segregated penal colonies for males. Ryan considered the presence of female prostitutes to be a potential solution to the problem of sex between males, which  ...
Michael Ryan, Howard Brody, Zahra Meghani, 2009
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge
Most profligately false. Swift. * PROFLIOATENESS. n.f. Ifrom profligates The quality of being profligate. * PROFLUENCE. n.f. Ltrom prqfluent.) Progress ; course. — In the prqfluence or proceedings of their fortunes, there was much difference ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
A word borrowed from the Latin without alteration of the sense, but not used. — Lavatories, to wash the temples, bands, wrists, and jugulars, do potently profligate and keep off the venom. Harvey. * PROFLiGATELY. adv. [from profligate.] ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
... to wash the temples, hands, wrists, and jugulars, to do potently profligate and keep off the venom. Harvey. PROFLIGATELY, adv. Shamelessly.— Most profligately false, with the strongest professions of sincerity. Swift. PROTLIGATENESS, s.
‎1826
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Speeches delivered in the convention of the state of ...
True it was, that in carrying out this unjust and unconstitutional taxation, money profligately raised, was profligately expended by the Government ; but this was an effect of the abuse of the taxing power, not the abuse itself. True it was, that more ...
South Carolina. Convention, 1833
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Union pamphlets
tq those places whence, v after they had remained fixed for ages, they had been profligately uptorh, and scattered to, the winds by the modern labours of one Doctor M'Nevin, ©r,e Counsellor Emmets, on« Counselor O'Connor, and one Henry ...
‎1800
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Harvey. * PROFLIGATELY. [from profligate.] Shamelessly. — Most profligately false. Swift. * PROFLIGATENESS. n.f. [from profligate.] The quality of being profligate. * PROFLUENCE. n. / [from profluer.t.] Progress^ course. — In the ptqfluence or ...
‎1816
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The Restless Supermarket
Hunts profligately, including its own kind. Considered the most dangerous and destructive of all species . . .' Profligately. That was good. The man in the cage sat up on the edge of his bed and gazed back at us with an expression compounded  ...
Ivan Vladislavić, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFLIGATELY»

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INC expels leader's mom, brother amid threat claims
... is only trying to establish that there was only a “family feud” in the INC, but the truth is their head is spending church funds profligately. «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
2
Another View: Let Puerto Rico declare bankruptcy
To be sure, Puerto Rico has contributed to its problems by borrowing profligately to fund its bloated public payrolls. And Congress should ... «New Haven Register, Jul 15»
3
Dreams To Remember by Mark Ribowsky, review: 'commendably …
... said the drummer Al Jackson) Redding was married at the age of 19 to Zelma Atwood, a woman to whom he would be profligately unfaithful ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Herbert London: Greece At The Front Of The E.U. Line
... receive disability payments for phantom ailments and conduct themselves so profligately that the debt has escalated to over 300 billion euros ... «WAMC, Jul 15»
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Ten things everyone from the Hi-Line knows to be true
And when you're in a town with a more abundant water supply, you get angry that they are so profligately watering their sidewalks while ... «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»
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Judd Gregg: Greece, Puerto Rico, Illinois and bankruptcy
On the other hand, it does not seem right that states that have been borrowing profligately in order to fund the day-to-day operation of staying in ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
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Shreekant Sambrani: Masters of the Universe
... of dollars, secures for China the vast mineral wealth of the continent, even as the rest of the world profligately squanders its resources. «Business Standard, Jul 15»
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Madame Bovary Review
The brilliance of the novel was that, while Bovary was spending profligately and sleeping around, whilst her sad, doting husband was wilfully ... «DorkShelf.com, Jul 15»
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Throwing Greece on the fire: The incendiary politics of austerity
It is clear, however, who is not responsible -- the vast majority of the people of Greece. They have not lived profligately. Their social safety net is ... «rabble.ca, Jul 15»
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Five things everyone misunderstands about the Greek debt crisis
Greece spent profligately and did not fully commit to austerity, right? Wrong. Australia Institute chief economist Richard Denniss explains five ... «Crikey, Jul 15»
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