Dictionary definition · favorable
adjective
- encouraging or approving or pleasing"a favorable reply"
- (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate"the days were fair and the winds were favorable"
- presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome"a favorable time to ask for a raise"
- giving an advantage"a contract advantageous to our country"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).