Felicitous
[fɪ'lɪsɪtəs] or [fə'lɪsɪtəs]
Definition
(adj.) exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; 'a felicitous speaker' .
(adj.) marked by good fortune; 'a felicitous life'; 'a happy outcome' .
Checker: Pamela--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.
Inputed by Diego
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fit, appropriate, apt, pertinent, opportune, seasonable, well-timed, happy, skilful, ingenious.[2]. Prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky, auspicious.
Typist: Nathaniel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Happy, timely, successful, opportune, joyous
ANT:Unfortunate, unhappy, untimely, unsuccessful, disastrous, inopportune, sad
Typed by Andy
Examples
- This is a peculiarly felicitous instance of what is called poetical justice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The felicitous word demise, which had seasonably occurred to him, had raised his spirits even above their usual evening pitch. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It could not have been more felicitous. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Genoa the Superb would be a felicitous title if it referred to the women. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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