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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. very lively and profitable;
- Example: "flourishing businesses"
- Example: "a palmy time for stockbrokers"
- Example: "a prosperous new business"
- Example: "doing a roaring trade"
- Example: "a thriving tourist center"
- Example: "did a thriving business in orchids"
[syn: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Palmy \Palm"y\, a.
   1. Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as,
      a palmy shore. --Pope.
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            His golden sands and palmy wine.      --Goldsmith.
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   2. Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous.
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            In the most high and palmy state of Rome. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

palmy
    adj 1: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a
           palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new
           business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist
           center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" [syn:
           booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering,
           prosperous, roaring, thriving]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "palmy":
   balmy, blooming, blossoming, booming, clear, exuberant, fair, fat,
   flourishing, flowering, fruiting, going strong, halcyon,
   in full swing, in good case, piping, prospering, rosy, sleek,
   thriving, vigorous