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favorableness
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Favorableness
(gcide) | 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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favorableness
(wn) | favorableness
n 1: the quality of being encouraging or promising of a
successful outcome [syn: favorableness, favourableness,
advantageousness, positivity, positiveness,
profitableness] [ant: unfavorableness,
unfavourableness] |
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unfavorableness
(encz) | unfavorableness, n: |
Favorableness
(gcide) | 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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Unfavorableness
(gcide) | Unfavorable \Un*fa"vor*a*ble\, a.
Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary;
discouraging. -- Un*fa"vor*a*ble*ness, n. --
Un*fa"vor*a*bly, adv.
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unfavorableness
(wn) | unfavorableness
n 1: the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of
success [syn: unfavorableness, unfavourableness] [ant:
advantageousness, favorableness, favourableness,
positiveness, positivity, profitableness] |
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