Advantageous \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.
   
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         Advabtageous comparison with any other country.
                                                  --Prescott.
   
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         You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how
         swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one
         goes.                                    --Chesterfield.
   
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