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FELICITOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
Example:
a felicitous speaker
Classified under:
Similar:
congratulatory; gratulatory (expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune)
happy; well-chosen (well expressed and to the point)
well-turned ((of language) aptly and pleasingly expressed)
well-wishing (extending good wishes for success)
Also:
happy (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure)
Attribute:
felicitousness; felicity (pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))
Antonym:
infelicitous (not appropriate in application; defective)
Derivation:
felicitousness; felicity (pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by good fortune
Example:
a happy outcome
Synonyms:
felicitous; happy
Classified under:
Similar:
fortunate (having unexpected good fortune)
Derivation:
felicitousness (pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))
felicity (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)
