different between favourite vs favourably
favourite
English
Alternative forms
- (American English) favorite
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit or Italian favorito (“favoured, favourite”), past participle of Italian favorire (“to favor”). Doublet of favori.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fe?v.??t/
Adjective
favourite (not comparable) (Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Malta, South Africa)
- Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
- This is my second favourite occupation.
- Antonyms: least favorite, unfavourite, unfavorite
- Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
- I just saw a movie with all my favourite actors in it.
Translations
Noun
favourite (plural favourites) (Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Malta, South Africa)
- A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
- Antonyms: unfavourite, unfavorite
- A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
- A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
- You were my favourite to win the spelling competition.
- Synonym: top dog
- (Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
- (in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Farquhar to this entry?)
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Translations
Verb
favourite (third-person singular simple present favourites, present participle favouriting, simple past and past participle favourited) (Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Malta, South Africa)
- To favour.
- (Internet) To bookmark.
- (Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
- Antonyms: unfavourite, unfavorite
Derived terms
- fave
favourite From the web:
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- what favourite colour says about you
- what favourite animal says about you
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favourably
English
Alternative forms
- favorably (mostly US)
Etymology
favourable +? -ly
Adverb
favourably (comparative more favourably, superlative most favourably)
- (Britain, Canada) In a favourable manner.
- She looked favourably on people who gave freely their assistance.
Related terms
- favour
- favourite
favourably From the web:
- what does favourable mean
- what does favourably disposed mean
- what does favorable
- favourably meaning
- what is favourable in french
- what does considered favourably mean
- what does compare favourably mean
- is it favorable or favourable
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