Wealth"y (?), a. [Compar. Wealthier (?); superl. Wealthiest.]
1. Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.
A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe.
Shak.
Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
Ps. lxvi. 12.
2. Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant. [R.]
The wealthy witness of my pen.
B. Jonson.
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