felicity
noun
the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss.
felicities
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pluralof felicity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Amid these felicities run the contradictions and tensions that have animated film since its inception.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2022
Just a few minutes into “Moonlight,” Jenkins has already created a masterwork, one in which the intensity of emotional experience arises from the nearly microscopic observational felicities that fill the film.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2016
Forman's movie has its felicities, but the Altman/Doctorow project must surely take its place among the greatest movies never made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2015
Every viewing yields more felicities in Ashton’s choreography.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2013
We must endeavor to smile not just with the face upon the sweet felicities of others, but with the heart.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
