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felicitousness

/fi-lis-i-tuhs/US // fɪˈlɪs ɪ təs //UK // (fɪˈlɪsɪtəs) //

运气好,顺利,运气好的话,运气

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate: The chairman's felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease.
    • : having a special ability for suitable manner or expression, as a person.

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Examples

  • What a felicitous choice of words: was it a coincidence that the Democratic opponent was a woman?

  • Sulzberger has been, at times, less than felicitous in his explanations.

  • Bits of drawing caught his attention, a free, felicitous line here and there evoking an approving grunt.

  • There is a pleasant fiction that we have morning excursions, daily; but history records but three such felicitous events.

  • "Only at the felicitous ingenuity of your highness's idea," answered the interpreter, pointing to the placard.

  • In connection with Chopin's production of tone, I must not omit to mention his felicitous utilisation of the loud and soft pedals.

  • Thus again Washington, with felicitous expression, points a paragraph at the 'chimney-corner heroes.'