All 4 Uses of
propitious
in
Jane Eyre
- Leaning over the battlements 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.†
p. 126.2
- 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?"†
p. 142.5 *
- That feature too is propitious.†
p. 233.1
- The dew fell, but with propitious softness; no breeze whispered.†
p. 372.7
Definition:
favorable (circumstances suggesting good things to come)