Pleasing, encouraging or approving
The word "favourable" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to describe a situation or outcome which is preferred or advantageous. For example, "The weather forecast for the weekend is favourable, so we should be able to have a picnic outdoors.".
Yet, although even the IMF is crying out for the classic Keynesian boost to infrastructure spending, there is precious little sign of a favourable response from policymakers, especially in the beleaguered eurozone.
The geostrategic setting in the Middle East is once again favourable to an Iranian-Israeli rapprochement, whether overt or sub rosa.
During an event at City Hall he said: "We are very sure that there is a favourable and a fair outcome for the tenants who, I agree, had the shock of seeing their rents potentially go up, and what I want to achieve is the sale of that estate to a social landlord".
"If following the election doubts emerge about the new government and society's will to implement the programme, the current favourable prospects will reverse," he said.
It was obviously a distant dream, but I knew then that's what I wanted to do.' Henman, embarking on his eighth attempt at the men's title this week, does not always receive a favourable press, particularly when he submits himself to interviews by general feature writers.
The ratio of tips to wins is expected to be favourable for this hard-hitting romance between a charity shop worker and a troubled alcoholic.
Cameron is facing calls from Tory MPs to balance the powers for Holyrood by denying Scottish MPs the right to vote on English-only matters at Westminster and to reform the favourable funding arrangements for Scotland in the Barnett formula.
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