Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wealthier"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wealthy \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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