Meanings
adverbfelicitously (comparative more felicitously, superlative most felicitously)
comparative more felicitously · superlative most felicitously
- In a felicitous manner.
The house was not very felicitously titled, said many: it was no academic pharos.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 39
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a felicitous manner
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishfelicitous
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishfelicitously
From felicitous + -ly.
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felicitously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/felicitously
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Chicago
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