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Well chosen, apt, or pleasingly appropriate.

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felicitous

A felicitous phrase captured the speaker's idea in a few words.
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One writer found a felicitous opening for a landscape label by asking what the visitor noticed first at the edge of the frame.
From Originality With a Purpose.
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