What does the word advantageous mean?
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Advantageously.
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ADVANTAGEOUSNESS.
Part of speech: adverb
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for advantageous
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In all families, whatever the habits of the master and mistress, servants will find it advantageous to rise early; their daily work will thus come easy to them. – The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Isabella Beeton
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It were certainly therefore, more advantageous to the public that they worked hard here, than either forced upon the planters abroad, or left in a capacity to return to their villainies at home, where the punishment being capital, serves only to make them less merciful and more resolute. – Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Arthur L. Hayward
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They will be needed, I fear, and a short and vigorous campaign round Washington will be advantageous in the highest degree. – Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by George Boutwell