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felicitous

[ fi-lis-i-tuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

/ fɪˈlɪsɪtəs /

First recorded in 1725–35; felicit(y) + -ous

What a felicitous choice of words: was it a coincidence that the Democratic opponent was a woman?

Sulzberger has been, at times, less than felicitous in his explanations.

Bits of drawing caught his attention, a free, felicitous line here and there evoking an approving grunt.

There is a pleasant fiction that we have morning excursions, daily; but history records but three such felicitous events.

"Only at the felicitous ingenuity of your highness's idea," answered the interpreter, pointing to the placard.

In connection with Chopin's production of tone, I must not omit to mention his felicitous utilisation of the loud and soft pedals.

Thus again Washington, with felicitous expression, points a paragraph at the 'chimney-corner heroes.'

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