Dictionary entry

Advantageous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ad′van‐ta″geous (�), a. [F. avantageux, fr. avantage.] Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.

Advabtageous comparison with any other country.

Prescott.

You see... of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes.

Chesterfield.