favorable

[ fey-ver-uh-buh l, feyv-ruh- ]

/ ˈfeɪ vər ə bəl, ˈfeɪv rə- /

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adjective

characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.

creating or winning favor; pleasing: to make a favorable impression.

affording advantage, opportunity, or convenience; advantageous: a favorable position.

(of an answer) granting what is desired.

boding well; propitious: The signs are favorable for a new start.

Origin of favorable

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin favōrābilis. See favor, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM favorable

fa·vor·a·ble·ness, noun fa·vor·a·bly, adverb non·fa·vor·a·ble, adjective non·fa·vor·a·ble·ness, noun

non·fa·vor·a·bly, adverb o·ver·fa·vor·a·ble, adjective o·ver·fa·vor·a·ble·ness, noun o·ver·fa·vor·a·bly, adverb pre·fa·vor·a·ble, adjective pre·fa·vor·a·bly, adverb qua·si-fa·vor·a·ble, adjective qua·si-fa·vor·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby favorable

favid, favism, favonian, favonius, favor, favorable, favorance, favored, favorite, favorite son, favoritism

Example sentences from the Web for favorably

Condon can take some encouragement that the Times favorably reviewed an earlier Washington production of Side Show.

Can Condon's Freak Show Win Broadway? |Tim Teeman |November 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The NBC/Journal survey found that among “animated partisans,” 58 percent liked Paul and only 44 percent viewed Bush favorably.

The Numbers Don’t Lie: Jeb Bush Can’t Beat Hillary Clinton |Michael Tomasky |May 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In-state Republicans love him, independents like him a lot, and even Democrats are favorably disposed.

Nevada Guv Faces Fans and Foes in Reelection |Lloyd Green |March 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the event that Pistorius is convicted, this distinction could serve him favorably.

4 Reasons Oscar Pistorius Might Be Found Not Guilty |Eboni K. Williams |March 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Not so, Sides and Vavreck conclude: “Had [Romney] been perceived as favorably as Obama, he likely would have lost anyway.”

The Anti-‘Game Change’: ‘The Gamble’ Shows How Obama Really Won |Stuart Stevens |November 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It was the same paper that had commented so favorably upon what it termed the "Warthell Movement."

Unfettered |Sutton E. Griggs
Hardly daring to expect to be favorably received, he sent in advance a large number of cattle in three droves as a gift to Esau.

Rembrandt |Estelle M. Hurll
The tone of one of the answers which I received impressed me so favorably, that I forwarded my references.

Little Novels |Wilkie Collins
Her dark eyes had inspected him swiftly; he was vaguely aware of a feeling that he wanted to impress her favorably.

A Hoosier Chronicle |Meredith Nicholson
On the eve of their departure, at a reception given them in Liverpool, the subject was presented and favorably received.

The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV |Various

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favorable

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