Read full poem →where comparisons to their disadvantage could not he
made, they began to be viewed in a more favourable
light, Itji ihe mean time, Betterton and some of his
Dictionary Entry
Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
In a Sentence
“The candidate wearing the business suite made a favourable impression.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
conditions favourable. favourablecircumstances favourableopportunity favourableterms favourableimpression favourablefavourable lessfavourable under
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Poetry examples for “favourable”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The hours of Love fill full the echoing space
With sweet confederate music favourable.
Read full poem →question whether _fenny Holland_ and _fruitful Tweed_, in other words,
a marsh and a river, could form a favourable medium for communicating
the influence of the _quickening fire below_.
Read full poem →be no great difficulty in procuring a reconciliation between the
national church and that of Rome. With this view he made a favourable
declaration of his intentions to maintain the church of England as
Read full poem →Hail Queen, great Moon, white-armed Divinity,
Fair-haired and favourable! thus with thee _25
My song beginning, by its music sweet
Read full poem →He received some favourable notice from king James; but soon found it
necessary to oppose the violence of his innovations, and with some other
Read full poem →a distinct intelligible form; let him be certain, that he has read with
a docile mind and favourable dispositions the best and most fundamental
works on the subject; that he has had both mind and heart opened to the
Read full poem →officers, high captains, and men of war, to be sure to show themselves
men of war against Diabolus and all Diabolonians; but favourable,
merciful, and meek to the old inhabitants of Mansoul. ‘Bend, therefore,’
Read full poem →Scenes favourable to Meditation 691