ad·van·ta·geous

(ăd′văn-tā′jəs, -vən-)

adj.

Affording advantage; favorable or beneficial.

ad′van·ta′geous·ly adv.

ad′van·ta′geous·ness n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adv.

advantageously - in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle"

well

disadvantageously, badly - in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them"

Translations

عَلَى نَحْو مُفِيد

výhodně

fordelagtigt

vorteilhaft

avantageusement

haganlega, til hagsbóta

выгодно

avantajlı şekilde

有利地

advantageously

[ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəslɪ] ADV → ventajosamente, provechosamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

advantageously

[ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəsli] adv [sell] → à profit

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

advantageously

adv → vorteilhaft

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

advantageously

[ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəslɪ] adv → vantaggiosamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

advantage

(ədˈvaːntidʒ) noun

1. (a) gain or benefit. There are several advantages in being self-employed.

2. in tennis, the first point gained after deuce.

advantageous (ӕdvənˈteidʒəs) adjective

having or giving an advantage. Because of his experience he was in an advantageous position for promotion

ˌadvanˈtageously adverb

have an/the advantage (over)

to be in a better or more advantageous position (than). As she already knew French, she had an advantage over the rest of the class.

take advantage of

to make use of (a situation, person etc) in such a way as to benefit oneself. He took full advantage of all his business opportunities.

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

But if any one of his clerks can be advantageously treated with on such terms as may not overtax your pecuniary resources, accept my assurance that the opportunity shall be made the most of by, dear madam, your faithful servant,

View in context

With these he sailed from New York to London in 1784, disposed of them advantageously, made himself further acquainted with the course of the trade, and returned the same year to New York, with a view to settle in the United States.

View in context

The first is, that the exercise of that power, if convenient, will be preferable, because it will be more effectual; and it is impossible to prove in theory, or otherwise than by the experiment, that it cannot be advantageously exercised.

View in context

La Fontaine had, for an hour, been scanning this verse in all corners, seeking some one to pour it out upon advantageously. He thought he had caught Pellisson, but the latter escaped him; he turned towards Sorel, who had, himself, just composed a quatrain in honor of the supper, and the Amphytrion.

View in context

Thanks to Anna Mikhaylovna's efforts, his own tastes, and the peculiarities of his reserved nature, Boris had managed during his service to place himself very advantageously. He was aide-de-camp to a very important personage, had been sent on a very important mission to Prussia, and had just returned from there as a special messenger.

View in context

I wrote a Story, with a purpose growing, not remotely, out of my experience, and sent it to Traddles, and he arranged for its publication very advantageously for me; and the tidings of my growing reputation began to reach me from travellers whom I encountered by chance.

View in context

And in that case, the people ought not surely to be precluded from giving most of their confidence where they may discover it to be most due; but even in that case the State governments could have little to apprehend, because it is only within a certain sphere that the federal power can, in the nature of things, be advantageously administered.

View in context