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favorablement (1390-1412)

favorablement (1390-1412)

favourablement  
  FEW:  favor *3,439b Gdf: GdfC:  favorablement 9,605b TL: DEAF:  favorable (favorablement)  DMF:  favorablement  TLF:  favorablement  OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

1favourably, in a way which is advantageous
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  mult plus favorablement estoit celle pees faite pur nous  Sz Med1 127
( 1386 )  qar serroit suspecious qe a cause de celle office les extentz serroient faitz plus favorablement  Rot Parl1 iii 217
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  je vous [prie] d’affectueux cuer que [...] le vueilliez avoir pur bien et favourablement recommandé  Lett & Pet 252.176.16
2in a biased way, through favouritism
( 1429 )  favorablement et noun duement  Rot Parl1 iv 357
( 1466 )  lez partiez ne dirrount que l'array est favorablement fait per le southvicount ou per baillif  Readings i 54
3gladly, with pleasure
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  luy donantz aussi congié et eleccion d’estudier en divinitee ou en loy canoun a son plesir, et ce le plus favorablement a cause de nous  Lett & Pet 412.19
( 1353 )  si le dit Johan voyle vener emprire court (=to claim cognizance by court) devant nous [...] nous luy froms favorablement ceo qe droit demaunt  ROUGH 42
( 1361 )  que noz ditz messagez veuliez benignement oir et favorablement expedier de ce q'ils vous requerront de par nous  Bretigny 10.7

See also:

favorable  favorer 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
favorablement