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favorably

favorably adverb: in a favorable manner.

Adverb

favorably (comparative more favorably, superlative most favorably)

  1. In a favorable manner.
    • She looked favorably on people who gave freely their assistance.

favorably meaning in Bengali and Telugu

favorably in Bengali

favorably
সদয়ভাবে śodoẏbhabe, সদয় śodoẏ

favorably in Telugu

favorably, benignly
చల్లగా callagā

Examples of favorably in a sentence

  • Wall Street could respond to that very favorably, tax cuts or no tax cuts.
  • I’ve always wanted my own bazooka, but my neighbors might not look upon that too favorably.
  • Her worldview may also be favorably tweaked by her having a godbrother with cerebral palsy.

All 12 example sentences with favorably

Forms of favorably

comparativemore favorably
superlativemost favorably
alternative formfavourably

Origin of favorably

From favorable + -ly.

Questions about favorably

What does favorably mean?
Favorably means in a favorable manner.
What is favorably in Bengali?
Favorably in Bengali is সদয়ভাবে (śodoẏbhabe), সদয় (śodoẏ). See Favorably meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is favorably?
Favorably is an adverb.

Words near favorably in the dictionary

  1. favorability
  2. favorable
  3. favorableness
  4. favorablenesses
  5. favorables
  6. favorably
  7. favored
  8. favoredness
  9. favorer
  10. favorers
  11. favori

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: favorably (page history and authors); সদয় (Bengali) (page history and authors); చల్లగా (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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