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independently wealthy

independently wealthy adjective: possessing enough wealth that one does not need financial support from others or income from employment.

Adjective

independently wealthy (not comparable)

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

Questions about independently wealthy

What does independently wealthy mean?
Independently wealthy means possessing enough wealth that one does not need financial support from others or income from employment.
What part of speech is independently wealthy?
Independently wealthy is an adjective.

Words near independently wealthy in the dictionary

  1. independentize
  2. independentized
  3. independentizes
  4. independentizing
  5. independently
  6. independently wealthy
  7. independents
  8. Independența
  9. independista
  10. indeposable
  11. indeprehensible

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