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Definition of Felicitous
1. Adjective. Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style. "A felicitous speaker"
Similar to: Congratulatory, Gratulatory, Happy, Well-chosen, Well-turned, Well-wishing
Also: Happy
Derivative terms: Felicitousness, Felicity
Antonyms: Infelicitous
2. Adjective. Marked by good fortune. "A happy outcome"
Definition of Felicitous
1. a. Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skillful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.
Definition of Felicitous
1. Adjective. Well-fitting, happening at the right time. ¹
2. Adjective. Working out well. ¹
3. Adjective. (linguistics of a sentence or utterance) Semantically and pragmatically coherent, fitting in the context. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felicitous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felicitous
Literary usage of Felicitous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"... or the Patriotic War' (1823), 'The Story of the Siege of Missolonghi' (1827),
and other books, displayed a felicitous gift for poesy. Fahre, Victorin. ..."
2. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"... a felicitous combination, that riches, honour, and posterity will be vouchsafed
to them. It is these beliefs that cause the coffin to be so often kept ..."
3. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V: With a View of the by William Robertson (1777)
"... in the Low-Countries, he was as felicitous as ever to maintain tranquillity in
... felicitous ..."
4. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"... clearness of intonation, and quiet, graceful gesture which distinguished him ;
and adding to these characteristics a felicitous turn of expression, ..."
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