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comparative more favourable, superlative most favourable
Pleasing, encouraging or approving. examples
Useful or helpful. quotations examples
So draw him home to those that mournIn vain; a favourable speedRuffle thy mirror’d mast, and leadThro’ prosperous floods his holy urn.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], canto IX
Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune. examples
Auspicious or lucky. examples
plural favourables
(plural only) Favourability ratings, percentage of people in favour quotations examples
As of Friday, RealClearPolitics puts Biden's favourables at 51 per cent and his unfavourables at 44 per cent.
2020 October 17, Éric Grenier, “How U.S. polls got it wrong in 2016 — and why they're more likely to get it right this time”, in CBC