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felicitous
[fi-lis-i-tuhs]
adjective
well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate.
The chairman's felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease.
having a special ability for suitable manner or expression, as a person.
felicitous
/ ɪˈɪɪə /
adjective
well-chosen; apt
possessing an agreeable style
producing or marked by happiness
Confusables Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- felicitously adverb
- felicitousness noun
- nonfelicitous adjective
- nonfelicitously adverb
- nonfelicitousness noun
- unfelicitous adjective
- unfelicitously adverb
- unfelicitousness noun
- ڱˈٴdzܲ adverb
- ڱˈٴdzܲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of felicitous1
Example Sentences
Some of Sondheim’s best jokes are swallowed up in the imbalance between singers and orchestra, a situation exacerbated by a perhaps unanticipated and more felicitous problem: the audiences’ frequent boisterous response.
County leaders should not wait for the “felicitous scenario” in which market forces lead to more housing at lower prices before they address the potential strain on infrastructure, schools and tree canopy.
County leaders should develop plans to address these problems in the felicitous scenario that market forces respond in earnest to the new home-building opportunities.
A win for this film would be nothing less than felicitous in a post-#MeToo Hollywood.
This winter, by some felicitous coincidence, the Wheel of Fortune has delivered two delightful books about Alison.
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