felicitous

[US]/fəˈlɪsɪtəs/
[UK]/fəˈlɪsɪtəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. appropriate or well-suited, especially in words or actions
n. appropriateness or fitness

Phrases & Collocations

a felicitous remark

felicitous timing

felicitous decision

Example Sentences

the view was the room's only felicitous feature.

a felicitous comparison.See Synonyms at fit 1

a felicitous comment. See also Synonyms at adapt

Nationalization is a word which is neither very felicitous nor free from ambiguity.

Real-world Examples

So Jobs, in his felicitous way, convinced the guy to meet him and Wozniak at a public place.

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

The three were eating breakfast on the terrace, a thousand and one felicitous birds in the garden trees.

Source: 00600 Advanced English

The felicitous word " demise, " which had seasonably occurred to him, had raised his spirits even above their usual evening pitch.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Two)

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