Favourably

Definition

favourable ( US favor- ) / 'feÇvǝrǝbl / adj (က) ေကာင္းေသာ။ show sb in a favourable light ❍ We formed a very favourable impression of her. (ခ) ေထာက္ခံေသာ။ အေလး ေပးေသာ။ attract favourable attention ❍ a favourable report ❍ The public reaction to the new tax was generally favourable. (ဂ) ~ (to/toward sb/sth) အေလး ထားေသာ။ အသာစီးရေသာ။ create an environment favourable to their interests ❍ Some think the deal is too favourable to IBM. (ဃ) ~ (for sth) သင့္ေလ်ာ္ေသာ။ favourable winds ❍ conditions favourable for skiing. ❏ favourably ( US favor- ) / -ǝbli / adv ေထာက္ခံလ်က္။ ေကာင္းမြန္စြာ။ speak very favourably of a plan ❍ These figures compare/ contrast favourably with last year's. ❍ I was very favourably impressed by her new husband.

Examples

1. Reaction to the plan has been generally favourable.
2. [in a favourable light] : The documentary did not portray him in a favourable light.
3. [favourable to] : Most senior staff were favourable to the idea.
4. They decided to delay the trip until conditions were more favourable.
5. Part-time workers should not receive less favourable treatment than full-timers.
6. [favourable to] : Government policies were overwhelmingly favourable to employers.
7. [favourable terms] : We are offering very favourable terms to our regular customers.
8. A favourable weather forecast
9. Analysts said the outlook was favourable after stock markets closed on Friday.
10. We are hoping for a favourable reply from the committee.
11. American reviewers have compared him favourably with John Irving.