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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Favorable \Fa"vor*a*ble\, 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. Lend favorable ears to our request. --Shak. Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. --Ps. lxxxv. 1. 2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. A place very favorable for the making levies of men. --Clarendon. The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. --Sir W. Temple. 3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- {Fa"vora*ble*ness}, n. -- {Fa"vor*a*bly}, sdv. The faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty. --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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