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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
well-suited or apt; very appropriate.
Her felicitous choice of words helped to relieve the tension.- antonyms:
- infelicitous
- similar words:
- apposite, appropriate, propitious
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| definition 2: |
very pleasant or agreeable.
Her husband's getting leave in time for the child's birth was a felicitous turn of events.- antonyms:
- infelicitous
- similar words:
- blessed, pleasant, pleasing, propitious
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| related words: |
apt, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, meet, opportune, ripe, timely, well |
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| derivations: |
felicitously (adv.), felicitousness (n.) |
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