propitious
presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods.
Origin of propitious
1Other words from propitious
- pro·pi·tious·ly, adverb
- pro·pi·tious·ness, noun
- un·pro·pi·tious, adjective
- un·pro·pi·tious·ly, adverb
- un·pro·pi·tious·ness, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use propitious in a sentence
It opened most propitiously and was one of those soft, balmy September days, more like early June than autumn.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesEverything went on propitiously, until, in an hour of woe, it was discovered that the infant Princess could not speak!
Baron Bruno | Louisa MorganAfter that the political relations of the two States seemed about to shape themselves most propitiously.
But adventures are to the adventurous; and surely this one had started off propitiously enough!
Nobody | Louis Joseph VanceNow the journey, propitiously begun, became more exhilarating, more exciting with each mile flung by.
Count Bunker | J. Storer Clouston
British Dictionary definitions for propitious
/ (prəˈpɪʃəs) /
favourable; auguring well
gracious or favourably inclined
Origin of propitious
1Derived forms of propitious
- propitiously, adverb
- propitiousness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse