prodigally

1. 1.

   to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree

   “we are still prodigally rich compared to others”

   Synonymswastefully

Questions about prodigally

What does prodigally mean?

prodigally means "to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree".

How many syllables are in prodigally?

prodigally has 4 syllables: pro-di-gal-ly. The stress falls on "di".

What is another word for prodigally?

Close synonyms include wastefully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prodigally a common word?

prodigally is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.