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independently wealthy en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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: