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propitiously

/pruh-pish-uhs/US // prəˈpɪʃ əs //UK // (prəˈpɪʃəs) //

顺利地,幸运的是,顺利的,吉祥

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
    • : indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
    • : favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods.

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Examples

  • It opened most propitiously and was one of those soft, balmy September days, more like early June than autumn.

  • Everything went on propitiously, until, in an hour of woe, it was discovered that the infant Princess could not speak!

  • After that the political relations of the two States seemed about to shape themselves most propitiously.

  • But adventures are to the adventurous; and surely this one had started off propitiously enough!

  • Now the journey, propitiously begun, became more exhilarating, more exciting with each mile flung by.