advantageous

[ ad-vuh n-tey-juh s ]

/ ˌæd vənˈteɪ dʒəs /

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adjective

providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position; an advantageous treaty.

Origin of advantageous

1590–1600; advantage + -ous; compare French avantageux, Italian avantaggioso

OTHER WORDS FROM advantageous

ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverb ad·van·ta·geous·ness, noun non·ad·van·ta·geous, adjective non·ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverb

non·ad·van·ta·geous·ness, noun qua·si-ad·van·ta·geous, adjective qua·si-ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverb un·ad·van·ta·geous, adjective un·ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverb un·ad·van·ta·geous·ness, noun

Words nearby advantageous

advancer, advances, advantage, advantage court, advantaged, advantageous, advect, advection, advection fog, advent, advent calendar

Example sentences from the Web for advantageously

He contrived to employ this money so advantageously, both to his constituents and himself, that he acquired a handsome fortune.

Old and New London |Walter Thornbury
Still Louise's beauty must have made a deep impression on him to have made him lay out of a sum of money so advantageously placed.

The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 |Eugne Sue
His daughter was taken care of by his brother, who married her as advantageously as was possible in the circumstances.

'Twixt Land & Sea |Joseph Conrad
The more delicious a food tastes the more quickly and advantageously it will digest.

Vitality Supreme |Bernarr Macfadden

You can advantageously read aloud many times a speech like the foregoing.

Successful Methods of Public Speaking |Grenville Kleiser

British Dictionary definitions for advantageously

advantageous

/ (ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs) /

adjective

producing advantage

Derived forms of advantageous

advantageously, adverb advantageousness, noun

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adjective

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advantageous

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adjective

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