|
|
Definition of Propitiousness
1. Noun. The favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result.
Generic synonyms: Advantageousness, Favorableness, Favourableness, Positiveness, Positivity, Profitableness
Attributes: Auspicious, Inauspicious, Unfortunate, Propitious, Unpropitious
Derivative terms: Auspicious, Propitious
Antonyms: Inauspiciousness, Unpropitiousness
Definition of Propitiousness
1. Noun. The favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Propitiousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propitiousness
Literary usage of Propitiousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Meditations on the scriptural interpretations contained in sir William by Catherine Housman (1849)
"Raby Williams, of the Island of Jamaica : " Take unto me (said the condescending
propitiousness) ni^T^E il? ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"PROPITIATORY, (pro-pish'-ea-tur-e) a. Having the power to make propitious.
PROPITIOUSLY, (pro-pish'-us-le) al. Favourably ; kindly. propitiousness ..."
3. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1892)
"It was (likewise) proclaimed to me by the spirituality of propitiousness, (it
likewise became possible for the spirituality of ..."
4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1884)
"The unselfish love which is the product of the inspiration that breathes through
faith of God's propitiousness is sublimest poetry. ..."
Other Resources:
