well-off
Americanadjective
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having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
- Synonyms:
- comfortable, affluent, wealthy, prosperous
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in a satisfactory, favorable, or good position or condition.
If you have your health, you are well-off.
adjective
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in a comfortable or favourable position or state
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financially well provided for; moderately rich
Etymology
Origin of well-off
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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They came from quite well-off backgrounds, but then they lost everything.
From BBC
Twelve kilometers from the hotel zone, crossing empty streets with minimal traffic, residents in the well-off neighborhood of Fluvial Vallarta wandered through the parking lot of a Costco wholesaler.
From Barron's
While artificial intelligence investments and spending by well-off families have powered the robust economic growth, it remains unclear if most households will feel uplifted by this boom.
From Barron's
“Very well-off Americans with high incomes have come to see themselves in the same camp as the very rich, even though their interests align much more with the middle class,” says Boston College’s Madoff.
Born into a well-off family in central Taiwan on July 2, 1934, Liu worked briefly in his father's trading and food manufacturing company but was soon itching to branch out on his own.
From Barron's
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