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favorable (circumstances suggesting good things to come)
- I am sorry to say that only the third day after the propitious events at Houndsley Fred Vincy had fallen into worse spirits than he had known in his life before.Book 3 — Waiting for Death (14% in)
- That was an unpropitious hour for coming home: it was too early to gain the moral support under ennui of dressing his person for dinner, and too late to undress his mind of the day's frivolous ceremony and affairs, so as to be prepared for a good plunge into the serious business of study.Book 4 — Three Love Problems (44% in)
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