'Favorableness' definitions:

Definition of 'favorableness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome [syn: favorableness, favourableness, advantageousness, positivity, positiveness, profitableness] [ant: unfavorableness, unfavourableness]

Definition of 'Favorableness'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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]