felicitous
well chosen and pleasingly appropriate
Word origin: From Latin felix, happy or lucky.
Felicitous in a sentence
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Her felicitous turn of phrase captured the mood of the entire ceremony.
The closing line was a felicitous choice, summing up the whole argument in a single image.
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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.
Using “felicitous” well
Felicitous means apt and pleasingly well chosen, often of words or phrasing. Distinguish it from felicity meaning happiness; here the emphasis is on fitting aptness.
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inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
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