felicitous
adjective
well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate.
felicitousness
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a word derived from
felicitous.
Example Sentences
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It emasculates the drama with its pervasive prettiness, its lazy felicitousness where it ought to be monstrous and terrifying, its reminiscences of Mendelssohn, Tchaikowsky and "Little Egypt."
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
In retort for Severance's stab, he dubbed the pair Mephistopheles and Falstaff, which was above his usual felicitousness of characterization.
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
His finest defence of his habitual solitude occurs in these letters also, and has some statements whose felicitousness can hardly be surpassed.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various
