Adjective

(en adjective)

Abundant; copious; plenteous.

* H. Reed

languageaffluent in expression

(label) Abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Michael Sivak

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply? , passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent , with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.}}

(label) Tributary.

(label) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

* Harvey

affluent blood

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of high value or worth, or seemingly regarded as such.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author=(Polly Toynbee)

, volume=189, issue=10, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Britain's booming birthrate , passage=People are a good thing, the most precious resource in a rich economy, so the progressive-minded feel. Only misanthropists disagree or the dottier Malthusians who send green-ink tweets deploring any state assistance for child-rearing.}}

Regarded with love or tenderness.

(pejorative) Treated with too much reverence.

(pejorative) Contrived to be cute or charming.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 24, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club

, title= Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}}