Definition of "propitiously" []

• In a propitious manner. (adverb)

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• "ON the face of it, there could be no better person to tame the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam than Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, whose second name propitiously means the "King of Force" in Malay."
• "Admittedly, Warner's account does not start propitiously."
• "But the stars aren't aligned so propitiously for the rest of the 'hood holdouts."