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Found 2 items, similar to favourable.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: favourable
favourable
adj 1: encouraging or approving or pleasing;
“a favorable reply”;
“he received a favorable rating”;
“listened with a
favorable ear”;
“made a favorable impression” [syn:
favorable]
[ant:
unfavorable]
2: (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate;
“the
days were fair and the winds were favorable” [syn:
favorable]
[ant:
unfavorable]
3: at a convenient or suitable time;
“an opportune time to
receive guests” [syn:
favorable,
opportune]
4: tending to favor or bring good luck;
“miracles are
auspicious accidents”;
“encouraging omens”;
“a favorable
time to ask for a raise”;
“lucky stars”;
“a prosperous
moment to make a decision” [syn:
auspicious,
encouraging,
favorable,
lucky,
prosperous]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: favourable
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.
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Lend favorable ears to our request. --Shak.
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Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. --Ps.
lxxxv. 1.
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2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate;
advantageous; convenient.
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A place very favorable for the making levies of men.
--Clarendon.
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The temper of the climate, favorable to generation,
health, and long life. --Sir W.
Temple.
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3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. --
Fa"vor*a*bly, adv.
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The favorableness of the present times to all
exertions in the cause of liberty. --Burke.
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