- 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.
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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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
