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felicitous

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Well chosen, apt, or pleasingly appropriate.

A felicitous phrase captured the speaker's idea in a few words.

Dictionary practice example.

One writer found a felicitous opening for a landscape label by asking what the visitor noticed first at the edge of the frame.