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felicitous

British pronunciation/fɛlˈɪsɪtəs/
American pronunciation/fɪˈɫɪsətəs/
felicitous
[ADJECTIVE]
1

fitting for the occasion, accurately expressing what is intended

antonyms : infelicitous
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2

marked by good fortune

synonyms : happy
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Examples
1It's not the most felicitous phrase.
2In some versions of the story, this felicitous carelessness was ascribed to one of his assistants, not to Fleming himself.
3And we may need to think in that case that this was not one of Marx's most felicitous passages because it does lead to fundamental misunderstanding.
4Her heavy but felicitous runs completed the picture making it darker and sexier than ever.
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