ADJECTIVE | all | felicitous | exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
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all | felicitous, happy | marked by good fortune |
Sounds | fihlih'sahtahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style. | |
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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. | |
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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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