Favorable /(fā"vẽr*ȧ*b'l)/

Fa·vor·a·ble

Favorable

a.
  1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.
    Lend favorable ears to our request.
    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.
    The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life.
  3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.]
    The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty.