Propitious
[prə'pɪʃəs]
Definition
(adj.) presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success; 'propitious omens'; 'propitious gales speeded us along'; 'a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration' .
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Definition
(a.) Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.
(a.) Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Gracious, benevolent, benign, kind.[2]. Auspicious, lucky, happy, fortunate, favorable, opportune, prosperous, promising, in a fair way.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Timely, favorable, auspicious, beneficial, friendly, welldisposed, gracious,benign, fortunate
ANT:Untimely, untoward, unseasonable, unfavorable, inauspicious, unfriendly,hostile, antagonistic, adverse, ill-disposed, unpropitious
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Examples
- As soundless, as unresisting, as if some propitious genius had waited on a sesame-charm, in the vestibule within. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Her answer, therefore, was not propitious, at least not to Elizabeth's wishes, for she was impatient to get home. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- A stealthy glance now and then refreshed her like sips of fresh water after a dusty walk, for the sidelong peeps showed her several propitious omens. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We know not the future, but the past has been propitious. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The dew fell, but with propitious softness; no breeze whispered. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The clouds on her mother's brow had cleared off under the propitious influence of a brace of carp, most opportunely presented by a neighbour. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It had hardly been a propitious beginning, but he had chosen his course, and would show no swerving. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Its authority rested, in the end, on the persuasion that its activities were propitious. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That feature too is propitious. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He had to fix a seedtime, a propitious seedtime, or his sowing was a failure. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She has heard; she will be propitious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The surrounding atmosphere was propitious to this scheme of courtship. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- For some time, I am doubtful of Miss Shepherd's feelings, but, at length, Fate being propitious, we meet at the dancing-school. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- So it behooves us to leave at the first moment that appears at all propitious. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- My kinswoman always thinks the best of me, but I will take her words for a propitious omen. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It yields to my hand, yields with propitious facility. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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