Found 2 items, similar to Favorableness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: favorableness favorableness n : the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome [syn: favourableness, advantageousness] [ant: unfavorableness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Favorableness Favorable \Fa"vor*a*ble\ (f[=a]"v[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), a. [Written also favourable.] [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n.] 1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. [1913 Webster] Lend favorable ears to our request. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. --Ps. lxxxv. 1. [1913 Webster] 2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. [1913 Webster] A place very favorable for the making levies of men. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. --Burke. [1913 Webster]