Meaning & use
felicity
A state of great happiness, or a particularly pleasing and apt choice of words.
See it in a sentence
The newlyweds wished each other a lifetime of felicity and good fortune.
The poet was admired for the felicity of his phrasing and imagery.
A note on using this word
Felicity can mean happiness in general or, more specifically, a graceful and fitting choice of words in writing.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
miseryunhappiness
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