Both Uses of
propitious
in
Snow Falling on Cedars
- "In fact," he added, winking at Nels, "the timing of this power outage is even more propitious than my colleague for the defense suspects.†
Chpt 22
- An accident of some kind befell Carl Heine at a moment that could not be less propitious or less fortunate for the accused.†
Chpt 29 *
Definition:
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(propitious) favorable (circumstances suggesting good things to come)