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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

favourable adj
1: encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression" [syn: favorable] [ant: unfavorable]
2: (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable" [syn: favorable] [ant: unfavorable]
3: at a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests" [syn: favorable, opportune]
4: tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" [syn: auspicious, encouraging, favorable, lucky, prosperous]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Favorable \Fa"vor*a*ble\, 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.

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.]

--Spenser. -- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, sdv.

The faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty. --Burke.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)