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.