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Antonyms for felicitously


Grammar : Adv
Spell : fi-lis-i-tuh s
Phonetic Transcription : fɪˈlɪs ɪ təs



Definition of felicitously

Origin :
  • 1530s (implied in felicitously), from felicity + -ous.
  • As in gracefully : adv lithely
  • As in nicely : adv in a welcome manner
  • As in gladly : adv happily
  • As in happily : adv successfully
Example sentences :
  • It felicitously combined suggestions of chivalry and friendliness.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The Virgilian line our orator introduced so felicitously is omitted.
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Gautier has described his friends and comrades most felicitously.
  • Extract from : « The Bibliotaph » by Leon H. Vincent
  • This arrangement greatly pleased her; it was so felicitously definite.
  • Extract from : « The Portrait of a Lady » by Henry James
  • The moral is felicitously developed, and is true in thought and feeling.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Housewife or, Menagere » by Alexis Soyer
  • Things are felicitously seen by Mr. Burroughs, and then felicitously said.
  • Extract from : « Our Friend John Burroughs » by Clara Barrus
  • "I betche he lays for Andy yet, and gits him," predicted Happy Jack felicitously.
  • Extract from : « The Happy Family » by Bertha Muzzy Bower
  • With Leslie so felicitously married, she would have felt ready for her nunc dimittis.
  • Extract from : « The Beloved Woman » by Kathleen Norris
  • The perusal of this essay suggested the idea which has been so felicitously expanded in High life below Stairs.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 » by Various
  • Scene and hour are felicitously selected, and the humanity which belongs to this pictorial drama is finely conceived.
  • Extract from : « Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea. » by Anonymous

Synonyms for felicitously

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