GDict

felicitous

fә'lisitәs4 senses · 54 ms
Level C2GRE
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adj/fəˈlɪsɪtəs/
  1. 1

    Characterized by felicity.; Appropriate, apt, fitting.

    • As a post-prandial speaker, however, Thackeray was undeniably the reverse of felicitous.
    • The recommendations of the experts, however, have not proved very felicitous. […] [S]cant regard has been paid to Albania's much stronger claims, both on ethnographical and on strategical grounds, in the North, […]
  2. 2

    Characterized by felicity.; Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.

    • There are a variety of charms, of various kinds, for which there are no names and no particular uses; but they are considered felicitous, and are therefore worn by the poorer classes, who cannot buy the more valuable charms.
  3. 3

    Characterized by felicity.; Causing happiness or pleasure.

    • He is looking the very picture of health, and on the whole his dreams are felicitous. For instance, last night he dreamt that he had been buying strawberries as large as gourds. It proves the magnificent vitality of his dreams.
  4. 4

    Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.

    • This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous.

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