| ADJECTIVE | all | felicitous | exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | felicitous, happy | marked by good fortune |
| Sounds | fihlih'sahtahs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a felicitous speaker" | |
| Attribute of | felicity, felicitousness | pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| See also | happy | enjoying / enjoying / enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure |
| Opposite | infelicitous | not appropriate in application |
| Spanish | oportuno | |
| Nouns | felicity, felicitousness | pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) |
| Adverbs | felicitously | in a felicitous manner |
| Meaning | marked by good fortune. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a felicitous life" | |
| Synonym | happy | |
| Broader | fortunate | Having unexpected good fortune |
| Spanish | contento, feliz | |
| Catalan | content, feliç | |
| Nouns | 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 | |
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