[ UK /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/ ]
[ US /pɹoʊˈɫɪfɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. intellectually productive
    a fecund imagination
    a prolific writer
  2. bearing in abundance especially offspring
    a prolific pear tree
    flying foxes are extremely prolific
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How To Use prolific In A Sentence

  • He was a right-footed left winger, a prolific scorer who cut in from the wing with pace and superb dribbling skills. Times, Sunday Times
  • This is mostly true for fans, friends, and family of unsung folk hero Tim Hardin, the prolific songster who wasted his life living wasted.
  • Another feature of interest is the rarity with which axillary prolification is found in irregular gamopetalous blooms. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
  • The ants were the most prolific of the insects we were likely to encounter daily.
  • Margaret Eleanor Atwood (1939- ) is a prestigious contemporary Canadian woman writer, poet, and critic with international reputation and she is famous for her prolificacy and experimental techniques.
  • Sparing us all the obligatory arguments about Ford “defining the American West” with his sweeping, desolate camera shots and Wayne’s anabashedly American Americanness, there’s just no denying that Ford and Wayne — tag team partners on more than 20 films — are simply one of the most prolific duos in celluloid history. Top 10 Actor / Director Tandems In Movie History | Best Week Ever
  • The former England captain made his reputation as a prolific goalscorer and allround champion of attacking football. The Sun
  • Sublime with both feet, he went from prolific striker to one of the best midfield players in the world. The Sun
  • Life will now become a flat, prosaic routine of matter-of-fact; and sleep itself, erst so prolific of numerical configurations and mysterious stimulants to lottery-adventure, will be disfurnished of its figures and figments. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864
  • Maria Schneider is a freelance writer and a prolific twitterer of good quality relevant information. Twitter for Writers « Write Anything
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