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# favorably

«favorably» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that shows approval or liking: he looked…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (favorably) (American spelling; British spelling is «favourably»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that shows approval or liking: he looked favorably on the plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorably/#m1)

2) «Compare favorably» means to be judged as good as or better than something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorably/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a ruler or hero viewed kindly

### examples

- The king looked favorably on the young prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorably/#x1)
- Our cake compares favorably with yours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorably/#x2)
- She was favorably inclined to help us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorably/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «favorably» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorably/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.