Meaning & use
Favorably
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In a positive, approving, or advantageous way.
See it in a sentence
The critics reviewed the new restaurant favorably.
Investors reacted favorably to the company's quarterly earnings report.
A note on using this word
The British spelling "favourably" is used outside the United States, following the same pattern as "colour" and "honour."
Words with a similar meaning
positivelyapprovingly
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Words with an opposite meaning
unfavorablynegatively
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