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favourableness|ˈfeɪvərəb(ə)lnɪs|
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being favourable. †a. Kindliness, leniency (obs.). b. Suitability. c. Eulogistic or approving character.
a.1545Udall Erasm. Par. Luke xvi, He..exhorted theim to a more larger fauourablenesse. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xlvii. 5 The universall favorablenesse wherwith he embraceth all mankynd. 1625–8Camden's Hist. Eliz. iii. (1688) 441 Her favourableness in taking Contributions. 1656Artif. Handsom. 199 To the favorablenesse of your Laps future censure..be pleased to add the favour of your pardon. 1727–31in Bailey vol. II.
b.1775Adair Amer. Ind. 457 The favourableness of the soil. 1790Price in Burke Fr. Rev. 79, I mean the consideration of the favourableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 251 The speedy capture of a whale depends on..the favourableness of situation and weather.
c.1832H. Martineau Homes Abroad iv. 51 The favourableness of their report. |