Definition of "advantageous" []

• Affording advantage; beneficial. See Synonyms at beneficial. (adjective)

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• "Anything "advantageous" is an obvious result of selection."
• "I don't think I'd take that deal, given the many short story opportunities even an author at my level has that pay right now, and package me in advantageous ways."
• "Strictly speaking, even to talk of adaptations being advantageous is to risk a false sense of teleology."