SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
felicitous
adjective
Well chosen, apt, or pleasingly appropriate.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Well chosen and apt
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Usage distinction
Return to topA happy choice can mean a particularly successful one; felicitous often praises wording or style.
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See felicitous in use
A felicitous phrase captured the speaker's idea in a few words.
One writer found a felicitous opening for a landscape label by asking what the visitor noticed first at the edge of the frame.
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