| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. To one's liking: agreeable, congenial, good, grateful, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome. See LIKE. 2. Affording benefit: advantageous, benefic, beneficent, beneficial, benignant, good, helpful, profitable, propitious, salutary, toward, useful. See HELP. 3. Disposed to favor one over another: partial, preferential. See FAIR. 4. Giving assent: affirmative, positive. See AFFIRM. 5. Indicative of future success or full of promise: auspicious, benign, bright, brilliant, fair, fortunate, good, propitious. See LUCK. 6. Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time: auspicious, opportune, propitious, prosperous, seasonable, timely, well-timed. See LUCK.
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