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Another word for propitious

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Adjective

  1. Affording benefit

    See also:

    help

  2. Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time

    See also:

    luck

  3. Indicative of future success or full of promise

    See also:

    luck

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Another word for propitious

Modifier

  1. Favorable

    See also:

    hopeful

  2. Kindly

    See also:

    favorable

    kind

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Sentence Examples

  • The moment was propitious, and his efforts met with success.

  • When Elizabeth ascended the throne, Dee was asked by Lord Dudley to name a propitious day for the coronation.

  • One was propitious to marriage, another to entrance upon school-life, a third to the first ploughing, a fourth to laying the foundation of a house.

  • The timing was propitious, as black clouds had begun to roll up the valley and gather above them, the advance guard of a summer shower.

  • was a good horseman, and had circumstances been more propitious he might have left his mark in the sporting annals of the country.

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