The brightest passenger in the ship, and the most interesting and felicitous talker, was a young Canadian who was not able to let the whisky bottle alone.
Source: tatoeba (1806005)
Felicitous
//fəˈlɪsɪtəs//
Synonyms for "felicitous" (151 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (75)
honeyedinspiredjustjust rightlikablelikelyluckymeetmellifluousmellowmeshingniceon the buttonopportunepatpertinentpleasantpleasingpleasurablepleasure-giving
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pleasurefulpoliticprofitableproperpropitiousprosperousprovidentialqualifiedrecommendablerelevantrewardingrightripesatisfyingseasonableseemlysilversilver tonguedsilver-tonguedslicksmoothsmooth tonguedsmooth-spokensmooth-tonguedsortablespellbindingsuitablesuitedsuitingsweettailoredtellingtimelyto be desiredto the pointto the purposetullianurbaneusefulwelcomewell chosenwell turnedwell wishingwell-chosenwell-expressedwell-putwell-spokenwell-timedwiseworthwhile
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
12 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 12 languages.
Bashkir
2 entries- тапҡыр adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
- үткер adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Bulgarian
1 entries- уместен adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Danish
1 entries- heldig adj (causing happiness or pleasure)
Dutch
4 entries- gepast adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
- gepast adj ((linguistics) semantically and pragmatically coherent)
- opportuun adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
- passend adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Esperanto
2 entries- feliĉa adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
- feliĉa adj (causing happiness or pleasure)
Georgian
3 entries- მარჯვე adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
- სანდო adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
- შესაფერი adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Greek
1 entries- επιτυχής adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Irish
1 entries- tráthúil adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Japanese
1 entries- 時宜に叶った adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Manx
1 entries- traaoil adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Russian
2 entries- уда́чный adj (causing happiness or pleasure)
- уместный adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Spanish
1 entries- oportuno adj (appropriate, apt, fitting)
Sample sentences
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Walter again pursued his way, lost in a very mixed reverie; sometimes writhing under an idea of degradation, in thus making a trade of his talents; and then, again, somewhat consoled by the pride of art; for how many felicitous and stinging epigrams arose in his mind!
Source: wiktionary
As a post-prandial speaker, however, Thackeray was undeniably the reverse of felicitous.
Source: wiktionary
The recommendations of the experts, however, have not proved very felicitous. […] [S]cant regard has been paid to Albania's much stronger claims, both on ethnographical and on strategical grounds, in the North, […]
Source: wiktionary
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