favorably

Adverb

Meaning

showing approval

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

favourably fortunately luckily lief well right good affirmatively advantage favorable advantageous finely happily conveniently willingly
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Antonyms

unfavorably unfortunately bitingly ill poorly dramatically
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Related terms

favor favorite favorable

Phrases with the word

favorably disposed to receive favorably favorably inclined

Examples

And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned everywhere, to make Americans start thinking favorably of democracies and forget that we had a republic. Robert W. Welch, Jr.

Christmas is an awfulness that compares favorably with the great London plague and fire of 1665-66. No one escapes the feelings of mortal dejection, inadequacy, frustration, loneliness, guilt and pity. Harlan Ellison

The League [of the Hodenosaunee] favorably impressed the White settlers, and some historians believe it to have been one of the models on which the Constitution of the new United States of America was based. Peter Farb

The Kennedy lifestyle is something that is looked upon favorably by the elites throughout our culture, both political and social. Rush Limbaugh

Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote. James Surowiecki

Nothing can end favorably without heavenly guidance. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

favorable salutary favorable treatment favorableness favorably disposed to favored favored son