Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.

Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity.

Favorably inclined; gracious; favorable; fortunate; as, propitious weather.

Propitiously.

Propitiousness.

Favorable: disposed to be gracious or merciful.

Favorably disposed.

Disposed to be gracious or merciful; kind; favourable.

Favourable; kind; disposed to be merciful.

But this state of things, however favorable to the ingenuity of the artist, is not very propitious to the advancement of the art; and there can be little doubt that the weapons thus made by the soldiers of Blasco Nunez were of the most rude and imperfect construction. – History-of-the-Conquest-of-Peru-with-a-preliminary-view-of-the-civilization-of-the-Incas by Prescott, William Hickling

That was happiness enough for that day and the next, but on the third he began to get down to earth again and deemed the time propitious. – The Best Policy by Elliott Flower

The offerings for crossing the frontier were propitious, and he pushed on to Tegea. – Hellenica by Xenophon

The woman has drawn his attention from his adversaries, when, in that which seems a propitious moment, they rush down from the walls, and ere a cry from his band warn him of the danger, have well nigh surprised and secured him. – Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter by F. Colburn Adams

4 And Joachim said, Now I know that the Lord is propitious to me, and hath taken away all my sins. – The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete by Archbishop Wake

That he could recover his mountain- capital they felt certain, and there he could remain until events should be propitious for a fresh invasion of India. – Rulers of India: Akbar by George Bruce Malleson

For if, as we have seen by documentary evidence, this plan has always existed in the past, is it likely that it has been abandoned at the very moment which seems most propitious for its realization? – Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta H. Webster

Shine out, propitious stars, on the renowned city of the Manhattoes; and the blessing of St. Nicholas go with thee, honest Peter Stuyvesant. – Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Washington Irving

Never was an opportunity, more propitious for a desperate lover. – The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

The moment was propitious for making an attempt which could at least do no harm, she thought. – The Panchronicon by Harold Steele Mackaye

They embarked in a propitious hour, for a fair wind carried the ship right swiftly to its haven. – French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France

King Apollo, hail to thee; be thou propitious to us." – Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4) by Plutarch

The winter was not propitious to Madame Hanska either. – Balzac by Frederick Lawton

Hail the occasion propitious, O British young! – The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

Had the course of events been more propitious for Edward's great plan, Scotland and England might have been spared much suffering. – An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) by Robert S. Rait

I came to Bleiberg for pleasure, but the first day has not been propitious," with an apologetic glance at his dripping clothes. – The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath

The ladies told me they had already made one start, but after reaching the bar, the night was not considered propitious, so they had returned. – Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 by Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle

The pope promised him not only support, but active co- operation when the propitious moment for it should arrive. – A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume I. of VI. by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

The lunar disc is propitious for the study of great geological phenomena. – The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne