'Favorably' definitions:
Definition of 'favorably'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Showing approval; "he reviewed the play favorably" [syn: favorably, favourably] [ant: unfavorably, unfavourably]
Definition of 'Favorably'
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]
Synonyms of 'favorably'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordantly,
- acquiescently,
- advantageously,
- affirmatively,
- agreeably,
- amelioratively,
- amiably,
- amicably,
- approvingly,
- ardently,
- arm in arm,
- as lief,
- assentingly,
- auspiciously,
- beneficially,
- benignantly,
- benignly,
- brightly,
- compliantly,
- congenially,
- consentingly,
- cordially,
- enthusiastically,
- fain,
- familiarly,
- fortunately,
- friendliwise,
- friendly,
- genially,
- good,
- graciously,
- hand in hand,
- happily,
- heartily,
- helpfully,
- helpingly,
- humanely,
- humanly,
- indulgently,
- intimately,
- kindheartedly,
- kindly,
- lief,
- lieve,
- luckily,
- melioratively,
- nicely,
- nothing loath,
- pleasantly,
- positively,
- profitably,
- promisingly,
- propitiously,
- prosperously,
- satisfyingly,
- serviceably,
- softheartedly,
- successfully,
- swimmingly,
- tenderheartedly,
- to advantage,
- to the good,
- ungrudgingly,
- ungrumblingly,
- unreluctantly,
- usefully,
- warmheartedly,
- warmly,
- well,
- willingly,
- with advantage,
- with open arms,
- without demur,
- without hesitation,
- without reluctance,
- yes
Words containing 'Favorably'
- Favor,
- Favorable,
- Favorableness,
- 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