All 4 Uses of
propitious
in
Jane Eyre
- …and looking far down, I surveyed the grounds laid out like a map: the bright and velvet lawn closely girdling the grey base of the mansion; the field, wide as a park, dotted with its ancient timber; the wood, dun and sere, divided by a path visibly overgrown, greener with moss than the trees were with foliage; the church at the gates, the road, the tranquil hills, all reposing in the autumn day's sun; the horizon bounded by a propitious sky, azure, marbled with pearly white.†
Chpt 11
- As he took the cup from my hand, Adele, thinking the moment propitious for making a request in my favour, cried out — "N'est-ce pas, monsieur, qu'il y a un cadeau pour Mademoiselle Eyre dans votre petit coffre?"†
Chpt 13 *
- That feature too is propitious.†
Chpt 19
- The dew fell, but with propitious softness; no breeze whispered.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(propitious) favorable (circumstances suggesting good things to come)