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propitious
/pɹəˈpɪʃəs/
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What does propitious mean?
adjective
- Favorable; advantageous.
- Characteristic of a good omen.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- (archaic) Favorably disposed towards someone.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹəˈpɪʃəs/
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We can only answer that conditions were obviously not propitious, but why or how are among the many problems of the future.
It is a propitious consideration that an unavoidable war should have found this seasonable facility for the contributions required to support it.
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The year was propitious, and, in addition to this friend, Fortune about the same time bestowed a still better gift on Jenkin.
Ralph's happy ideas are somewhat sinister, but the couple set out nevertheless for the Isle of Bourbon in search of a propitious waterfall.
The clerk of the weather, too gracious even in these regions as far as the absence of rain is concerned, was steadily propitious.