a presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
propitious omens propitious gales speeded us along a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration
Pope Benedict XVI in International Herald Tribune I therefore was given the propitious occasion to renew my sentiments of esteem for Muslims and the Islamic civilization,Benedict added. "At the same time I was able to insist on the importance that Christians and Muslims work together for...
Desmond Tutu in FOXNews We think it's a very exciting time, a propitious time, and we want to be able to tell the people that nowhere in the world do you really have what are intractable problems,Tutu said.
Fidel Castro in Reuters India The circumstances are more propitious than ever for the flowering of those ideas of revolution that Che spoke of,Castro said.