Definition of felicitous in English:

felicitous

adjective fɪˈlɪsɪtəsfəˈlɪsədəs

1Well chosen or suited to the circumstances.
恰当的，合适的，妥帖的，贴切的，得体的
a felicitous phrase
恰如其分的措辞。
Example sentencesExamples
- If one were to consider the inputs from the existing school system into a child's scientific thinking, felicitous use of language, competence to search for information and to work out solutions, one would find them too little and too late.
- To adapt Benedict Anderson's felicitous phrase, hockey is one cultural activity through which Canadians are often said to imagine their community.
- While there are glimpses of felicitous dialogue, there is no chemistry between these two characters to distract from the play's weak dramatic structure.
- They rely heavily on felicitous coincidence for the plots, and the character development is cartoonish.
- Has there ever been an economist with a more felicitous turn of phrase?
- Or, to use the felicitous phrase of the late Northrop Frye, everything in the Scriptures is self-referential.
- Perhaps, then, we should concede that a better word, a more felicitous description, would have been merely ‘dubious’.
- I have always felt that I manifest a felicitous combination of his compassion and her boundaries.
- This gives the writer some of his most felicitous moments as he considers a series of eccentric individualists who gave their lives to the weather.
- Despite the messiness inherent in natural systems, evolution has produced ‘machines of extreme perfection,’ to use Darwin's felicitous phrase.
- Perhaps because Thérèse stands, to borrow Oscar Wilde's felicitous phrase (which he applied to himself), in symbolic relation to the culture of her age.
- Conceptually that was quite accurate, even if it was not the most felicitous choice of words.
- But his felicitous use of idiom gives no clue of this.
Synonyms
apt, well chosen, well expressed, well put, choice, fitting, suitable, appropriate, apposite, pertinent, germane, to the point, relevant, congruous, apropos
informal spot on
1. 1.1 Pleasing and fortunate.
  令人愉快的；幸运的
  the view was the room's only felicitous feature
  这幅风景画是这个房间的惟一亮点。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This makes it a happy hunting ground for anyone with the felicitous habit of looking at the lighter side of life.
  Well-known as a felicitous writer of amusing features, he was just hitting his stride as a serious and ambitious chronicler of the political convulsions seizing the Islamic world.
  Finally, there remains the option of teaching taste - of training the bureaucracy in a felicitous mode of embodied expression and educating the polity to appreciate and respond to it.
  However, grimly amusing as this spectacle is, the political reality behind these appointments may be less felicitous.
  A felicitous mix of fun and entertainment it was.
  Synonyms
  fortunate, advantageous, good, favourable, lucky, happy, pleasing, encouraging

Derivatives

felicitously

adverb fəˈlɪsɪtəslifəˈlɪsɪdəsli

The city is boisterous, its natives felicitously facetious, its commerce flourishing.
Example sentencesExamples
- Forest and tundra are spaced so felicitously that, in fact, one can set up camp in either place without having to hike too far or too little on any given day.
- It seems to be one of those pleasingly happy endings to a story that might have turned out far less felicitously, for although he may now be the benevolent patriarch, Gabriel has led a famously complicated personal life.
- The scope and content of judicial review involves, at its core, an issue of what Chief Justice Gleeson has felicitously called ‘judicial legitimacy’.
- The author has a sharp eye for a colourful image, felicitously conveying this with economy and engagement.

felicitousness

noun

The felicitousness of a literary utterance might thus involve its relation to the conventions of a genre.

Rhymes

complicitous, duplicitous, solicitous

Definition of felicitous in US English:

felicitous

adjectivefəˈlisədəsfəˈlɪsədəs

1Well chosen or suited to the circumstances.
恰当的，合适的，妥帖的，贴切的，得体的
a felicitous phrase
恰如其分的措辞。
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite the messiness inherent in natural systems, evolution has produced ‘machines of extreme perfection,’ to use Darwin's felicitous phrase.
- Conceptually that was quite accurate, even if it was not the most felicitous choice of words.
- But his felicitous use of idiom gives no clue of this.
- This gives the writer some of his most felicitous moments as he considers a series of eccentric individualists who gave their lives to the weather.
- To adapt Benedict Anderson's felicitous phrase, hockey is one cultural activity through which Canadians are often said to imagine their community.
- They rely heavily on felicitous coincidence for the plots, and the character development is cartoonish.
- If one were to consider the inputs from the existing school system into a child's scientific thinking, felicitous use of language, competence to search for information and to work out solutions, one would find them too little and too late.
- Perhaps, then, we should concede that a better word, a more felicitous description, would have been merely ‘dubious’.
- Has there ever been an economist with a more felicitous turn of phrase?
- I have always felt that I manifest a felicitous combination of his compassion and her boundaries.
- Or, to use the felicitous phrase of the late Northrop Frye, everything in the Scriptures is self-referential.
- Perhaps because Thérèse stands, to borrow Oscar Wilde's felicitous phrase (which he applied to himself), in symbolic relation to the culture of her age.
- While there are glimpses of felicitous dialogue, there is no chemistry between these two characters to distract from the play's weak dramatic structure.
Synonyms
apt, well chosen, well expressed, well put, choice, fitting, suitable, appropriate, apposite, pertinent, germane, to the point, relevant, congruous, apropos
1. 1.1 Pleasing and fortunate.
  令人愉快的；幸运的
  the view was the room's only felicitous feature
  这幅风景画是这个房间的惟一亮点。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Well-known as a felicitous writer of amusing features, he was just hitting his stride as a serious and ambitious chronicler of the political convulsions seizing the Islamic world.
  However, grimly amusing as this spectacle is, the political reality behind these appointments may be less felicitous.
  This makes it a happy hunting ground for anyone with the felicitous habit of looking at the lighter side of life.
  A felicitous mix of fun and entertainment it was.
  Finally, there remains the option of teaching taste - of training the bureaucracy in a felicitous mode of embodied expression and educating the polity to appreciate and respond to it.
  Synonyms
  fortunate, advantageous, good, favourable, lucky, happy, pleasing, encouraging

单词	felicitous
释义	Definition of felicitous in English: felicitous adjective fɪˈlɪsɪtəsfəˈlɪsədəs 1Well chosen or suited to the circumstances. 恰当的，合适的，妥帖的，贴切的，得体的 a felicitous phrase 恰如其分的措辞。 Example sentencesExamples If one were to consider the inputs from the existing school system into a child's scientific thinking, felicitous use of language, competence to search for information and to work out solutions, one would find them too little and too late. To adapt Benedict Anderson's felicitous phrase, hockey is one cultural activity through which Canadians are often said to imagine their community. While there are glimpses of felicitous dialogue, there is no chemistry between these two characters to distract from the play's weak dramatic structure. They rely heavily on felicitous coincidence for the plots, and the character development is cartoonish. Has there ever been an economist with a more felicitous turn of phrase? Or, to use the felicitous phrase of the late Northrop Frye, everything in the Scriptures is self-referential. Perhaps, then, we should concede that a better word, a more felicitous description, would have been merely ‘dubious’. I have always felt that I manifest a felicitous combination of his compassion and her boundaries. This gives the writer some of his most felicitous moments as he considers a series of eccentric individualists who gave their lives to the weather. Despite the messiness inherent in natural systems, evolution has produced ‘machines of extreme perfection,’ to use Darwin's felicitous phrase. Perhaps because Thérèse stands, to borrow Oscar Wilde's felicitous phrase (which he applied to himself), in symbolic relation to the culture of her age. Conceptually that was quite accurate, even if it was not the most felicitous choice of words. But his felicitous use of idiom gives no clue of this. Synonyms apt, well chosen, well expressed, well put, choice, fitting, suitable, appropriate, apposite, pertinent, germane, to the point, relevant, congruous, apropos informal spot on 1.1 Pleasing and fortunate. 令人愉快的；幸运的 the view was the room's only felicitous feature 这幅风景画是这个房间的惟一亮点。 Example sentencesExamples This makes it a happy hunting ground for anyone with the felicitous habit of looking at the lighter side of life. Well-known as a felicitous writer of amusing features, he was just hitting his stride as a serious and ambitious chronicler of the political convulsions seizing the Islamic world. Finally, there remains the option of teaching taste - of training the bureaucracy in a felicitous mode of embodied expression and educating the polity to appreciate and respond to it. However, grimly amusing as this spectacle is, the political reality behind these appointments may be less felicitous. A felicitous mix of fun and entertainment it was. Synonyms fortunate, advantageous, good, favourable, lucky, happy, pleasing, encouraging Derivatives felicitously adverb fəˈlɪsɪtəslifəˈlɪsɪdəsli The city is boisterous, its natives felicitously facetious, its commerce flourishing. Example sentencesExamples Forest and tundra are spaced so felicitously that, in fact, one can set up camp in either place without having to hike too far or too little on any given day. It seems to be one of those pleasingly happy endings to a story that might have turned out far less felicitously, for although he may now be the benevolent patriarch, Gabriel has led a famously complicated personal life. The scope and content of judicial review involves, at its core, an issue of what Chief Justice Gleeson has felicitously called ‘judicial legitimacy’. The author has a sharp eye for a colourful image, felicitously conveying this with economy and engagement. felicitousness noun The felicitousness of a literary utterance might thus involve its relation to the conventions of a genre. Rhymes complicitous, duplicitous, solicitous Definition of felicitous in US English: felicitous adjectivefəˈlisədəsfəˈlɪsədəs 1Well chosen or suited to the circumstances. 恰当的，合适的，妥帖的，贴切的，得体的 a felicitous phrase 恰如其分的措辞。 Example sentencesExamples Despite the messiness inherent in natural systems, evolution has produced ‘machines of extreme perfection,’ to use Darwin's felicitous phrase. Conceptually that was quite accurate, even if it was not the most felicitous choice of words. But his felicitous use of idiom gives no clue of this. This gives the writer some of his most felicitous moments as he considers a series of eccentric individualists who gave their lives to the weather. To adapt Benedict Anderson's felicitous phrase, hockey is one cultural activity through which Canadians are often said to imagine their community. They rely heavily on felicitous coincidence for the plots, and the character development is cartoonish. If one were to consider the inputs from the existing school system into a child's scientific thinking, felicitous use of language, competence to search for information and to work out solutions, one would find them too little and too late. Perhaps, then, we should concede that a better word, a more felicitous description, would have been merely ‘dubious’. Has there ever been an economist with a more felicitous turn of phrase? I have always felt that I manifest a felicitous combination of his compassion and her boundaries. Or, to use the felicitous phrase of the late Northrop Frye, everything in the Scriptures is self-referential. Perhaps because Thérèse stands, to borrow Oscar Wilde's felicitous phrase (which he applied to himself), in symbolic relation to the culture of her age. While there are glimpses of felicitous dialogue, there is no chemistry between these two characters to distract from the play's weak dramatic structure. Synonyms apt, well chosen, well expressed, well put, choice, fitting, suitable, appropriate, apposite, pertinent, germane, to the point, relevant, congruous, apropos 1.1 Pleasing and fortunate. 令人愉快的；幸运的 the view was the room's only felicitous feature 这幅风景画是这个房间的惟一亮点。 Example sentencesExamples Well-known as a felicitous writer of amusing features, he was just hitting his stride as a serious and ambitious chronicler of the political convulsions seizing the Islamic world. However, grimly amusing as this spectacle is, the political reality behind these appointments may be less felicitous. This makes it a happy hunting ground for anyone with the felicitous habit of looking at the lighter side of life. A felicitous mix of fun and entertainment it was. Finally, there remains the option of teaching taste - of training the bureaucracy in a felicitous mode of embodied expression and educating the polity to appreciate and respond to it. Synonyms fortunate, advantageous, good, favourable, lucky, happy, pleasing, encouraging
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