Meaning & use
felicitous
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Well-suited or appropriate for the occasion; pleasingly apt.
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Her felicitous choice of words put the nervous audience at ease.
It was a felicitous coincidence that they met again at the same conference.
A note on using this word
A somewhat formal, literary word; don't confuse it with "felicity," the related noun meaning happiness or aptness.
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