Presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success.
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The spot you mention is unpropitious to me; the attempt would fail.
2
Once again the fates were suddenly unpropitious to the Irish national movement.
3
The petition was received by the Regent with a most unpropitious aspect.
4
Doubtless on those occasions the omens proved unpropitious for the final deed.
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But it is an unpropitious season for the firm and masculine virtues.
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The relief would pass in a few moments; the time seemed propitious.
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There was not a soul in sight; it was a propitious hour.
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The climate is propitious; above all, the absence of hurry and worry.
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They came to wash in the sacred waters at the propitious moment.
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Torthorald saw the propitious blaze; he showed it to his terrified followers.
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He awaited the propitious moment with the crafty patience of the sick.
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His name was propitious on the seas, in the most evident dangers.
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The most propitious appear to be west Africa, the Sahel and Afghanistan.
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The first stages and incidents of the expedition were not exactly propitious.
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Tell her the stars and the spirits are propitious to our union.
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The lunar disc is propitious for the study of great geological phenomena.
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The moment might be propitious to the pretender, however false his claim.
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The future looked bright, and on every hand the times were propitious.
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Throughout the year, 1848, the weather was propitious for ploughing and sowing.
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Kate was in no very propitious mood for her interview with George.
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To sail on the ocean when it is calm, is always propitious.
