'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]
Words containing 'Favorableness'
- Favor,
- Favorable,
- Favorably,
- Favored,
- Favoredly,
- Favorer,
- Favoring,
- Favoringly,
- In favor of,
- In favor with,
- favor with,
- in favor,
- out of favor,
- By one's favor,
- Challenge for favor,
- Challenge to the favor,
- Love favor,
- Marriage favors,
- To curry favor,
- Wedding favor,
- With one's favor,
- court favor,
- curry favor,
- favorable position,
- favorable reception,
- party favor,
- Evil-favored,
- Hard-favored,
- Ill-favored,
- Ill-favoredly,
- To find favor in the eyes of,
- Well-favored,
- array favor polls,
- most-favored-nation,
- Most-favored-nation clause