felicitous
adjective
well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate.
felicitously
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a word derived from
felicitous.
Example Sentences
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But however felicitously Ms. Peck gathers all her dancers into a climactic grouping, her finale is less a theatrical capstone than a busy sum of her ballet’s many parts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
These are felicitously doled out, making the book voicey without congealing into shtick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
That’s because it takes roughly 24 hours of lab work and paper-pushing to set everything up; felicitously, 2 a.m. also happens to be when operating rooms are free of scheduled surgery.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
But most of the other places have switched, I think quite felicitously, to brisket.
From Salon ● May 25, 2019
On one level this was natural and something to which Ned had become accustomed, for both women were great beauties, Gertie slim and dark, Julia tall and felicitously proportioned.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
