Hypertext Webster Gateway: "auspiciously"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Auspicious \Aus*pi"cious\, a. [See {Auspice}.]
1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving
promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting
good; as, an auspicious beginning.
Auspicious union of order and freedom. --Macaulay.
2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. ``Auspicious
chief.'' --Dryden.
3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or
things. ``Thy auspicious mistress.'' --Shak. ``Auspicious
gales.'' --Pope.
Syn: See {Propitious}. -- {Aus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Aus*pi"cious*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
auspiciously
adv : in an auspicious manner; "he started his new job
auspiciously on his birthday" [syn: {propitiously}]
[ant: {inauspiciously}, {inauspiciously}]
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