fa"vor*a*bly
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Favorable \Fa"vor*a*ble\ (f[=a]"v[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), a. [Written also favourable.] [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n.]
1.Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. [1913 Webster]
Lend favorable ears to our request.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land.— Ps. lxxxv. 1.[1913 Webster]
2.Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. [1913 Webster]
A place very favorable for the making levies of men.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life.— Sir W. Temple.[1913 Webster]
3.Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]
The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty.— Burke.[1913 Webster]