FELICITOUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style

Example:

a felicitous speaker

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

congratulatory; gratulatory (expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune)

happy; well-chosen (well expressed and to the point)

well-turned ((of language) aptly and pleasingly expressed)

well-wishing (extending good wishes for success)

Also:

happy (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure)

Attribute:

felicitousness; felicity (pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))

Antonym:

infelicitous (not appropriate in application; defective)

Derivation:

felicitousness; felicity (pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))

Meaning:

Marked by good fortune

Example:

a happy outcome

Synonyms:

felicitous; happy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

fortunate (having unexpected good fortune)

Derivation:

felicitousness (pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))

felicity (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)