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Fa·vor·a·ble a. [Written also favourable.]
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.]
-- Fa*vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa*vor*a*bly, adv.
The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. --Burke.
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favorably
adv : showing approval; "he reviewed the play favorably" [syn: favourably]
[ant: unfavorably]