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Felicitous is an English word with synonyms like happy or congratulatory. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Felicitous in a sentence

Felicitous meaning

  1. Characterized by felicity.
  2. Appropriate, apt, fitting.

Synonyms of Felicitous

happy congratulatory gratulatory well-chosen well-turned well-wishing infelicitous fortunate

Related words

Other words often associated with Felicitous or its synonyms:

unfortunate greeting well favored prosperous unhappy inept privileged bright content providential glad

Using Felicitous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Characterized by felicity. | Appropriate, apt, fitting. | Characterized by felicity.
  • Useful related words include: happy, congratulatory, gratulatory, well-chosen.

Context around Felicitous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

less 1×

Often after:

tone 1× expressions 1× events 1× contrast 1×

Sentence patterns with Felicitous

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

meetings and felicitous events nudge 1× s a felicitous contrast that 1× s less felicitous expressions and 1× the felicitous tone made 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the felicitous tone 1× then in november 1×

Common sentence endings:

a bright horizon 1× an easy read 1× s surprisingly complementary 1× weaker minor points 1×

Words around Felicitous

Just before it in the word index:

felicite 2 felicitations 9 felicitation 23 felicitating 6 felicitates 2 felicitated 65

Just after it in the word index:

felicity 140 felid 4 felidae 4 felids 18 feliforms 5 feliks 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Felicitous

  • In this selection, "felicitous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, less, tone, expressions and events stand out and add context to how "felicitous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include meetings and felicitous events nudge and s a felicitous contrast that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "felicitous" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with felicitous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The felicitous tone made for an easy read. (8 words)

It's a felicitous contrast that's surprisingly complementary. (9 words)

Then, in November, uncanny meetings and felicitous events nudge you toward a bright horizon. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Several of the biggest names among academic historians in the Federal Republic, and then in Britain and America as well, joined in the hunt, gleefully seizing upon some of Nolte’s less felicitous expressions and weaker minor points. (38 words)

Then, in November, uncanny meetings and felicitous events nudge you toward a bright horizon. (14 words)

It's a felicitous contrast that's surprisingly complementary. (9 words)

Example sentences (4)

The felicitous tone made for an easy read.

Several of the biggest names among academic historians in the Federal Republic, and then in Britain and America as well, joined in the hunt, gleefully seizing upon some of Nolte’s less felicitous expressions and weaker minor points.

Then, in November, uncanny meetings and felicitous events nudge you toward a bright horizon.

It's a felicitous contrast that's surprisingly complementary.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "felicitous" in a sentence?
An example: "The felicitous tone made for an easy read." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "felicitous" from authentic English texts.
What does "felicitous" mean?
Felicitous means: Characterized by felicity.
What are synonyms of "felicitous"?
Common synonyms of "felicitous" include: happy, congratulatory, gratulatory, well-chosen, well-turned, well-wishing, infelicitous, fortunate.
How many example sentences with "felicitous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "felicitous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.