Felicitous \Fe*lic"i*tous\, a.
Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful;
skillful; successful; happily applied or expressed;
appropriate.
[1913 Webster]
Felicitous words and images. --M. Arnold.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
felicitous
adj 1: exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a
felicitous speaker" [ant: infelicitous]
2: marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy
outcome" [syn: happy]
WordNet (r) 2.0
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "felicitous":
Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Tullian, a propos, ad rem,
adapted, advantageous, advisable, affable, agreeable, amiable,
amicable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt,
articulate, auspicious, becoming, befitting, blissful, cheerful,
civil, comely, compatible, complaisant, congenial, congruous,
convenient, convincing, cordial, correct, decent, decorous,
desirable, dovetailing, dulcet, eloquent, en rapport, enjoyable,
expedient, facund, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, feasible,
felicific, fine, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fortunate,
fructuous, geared, genial, genteel, germane, glib, good, goodly,
gracious, grateful, gratifying, happy, harmonious, heart-warming,
honeyed, inspired, just, just right, likable, likely, lucky, meet,
mellifluous, mellow, meshing, nice, on the button, opportune, pat,
pertinent, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving,
pleasureful, politic, profitable, proper, propitious, providential,
qualified, recommendable, relevant, rewarding, right, ripe,
satisfying, seasonable, seemly, silver, silver-tongued, slick,
smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, sortable, spellbinding,
suitable, suited, suiting, sweet, tailored, telling, timely,
to be desired, to the point, to the purpose, urbane, useful,
welcome, well-chosen, well-expressed, well-put, well-spoken,
well-timed, wise, worthwhile
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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