ADVANTAGEOUS

advantageous, favorable, favourable

(adjective) giving an advantage; “a contract advantageous to our country”; “socially advantageous to entertain often”

advantageous

(adjective) appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

advantageous (comparative more advantageous, superlative most advantageous)

Being of advantage, beneficial.

Synonyms: behooveful, furthersome, gainful, profitable, useful

Source: Wiktionary


Ad`van*ta"geous, a. Etym: [F. avantageux, fr. avantage.]

Definition: Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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