favourable

• Even Mr. Hutchings allowed himself to hope for a favourable issue You've done wonderfully well," was the burden of his conversations with Roberts; "I should feel certain of success against any one but Gulmore. —  Gulmore, The Boss
• If they come up odd the omen is favourable, and if even it is bad. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
• 19. As the sacrifices appeared favourable, all the soldiers sung the pæan and raised a shout, and all the women (for there were a number of the men's mistresses in the army) joined in the cry 20. —  The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis
• The weather proving favourable, the fleet made gallantly for the shores of Egypt; and on the morning of Thursday, about sunrise, the watch on deck of the vessel that led the van, shouted 'Land Surely, not yet,' exclaimed several voices; but the pilot to make certain ascended to the round-top of the vessel Gentlemen,' cried the pilot, 'it is all right. —  The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX.
• It was generally admitted that first appearances were, upon the whole, favourable, although it could not be denied that the place looked dreadfully barren and rugged. —  Ungava

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