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Meanings of felicitous in inglés

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oportuno

Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style.

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        oportuno

        Marked by good fortune.

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                Examples for "infelicitous"
                Examples for "infelicitous"
                1
                The name of the gentleman who enjoyed this infelicitous distinction was Tretherick.
                Selected Stories of Bret Harte
                2
                No longer does he have the excuse of an infelicitous formation.
                The Guardian
                3
                A facility with words is infelicitous if it makes us distrust the speaker.
                The Guardian
                4
                It was a peculiarly infelicitous salutation, but she was smilingly unconscious of any slip.
                Just Patty
                5
                The information, coupled with the infelicitous word 'proudly,' caused Nicholas to flush with mortification.
                A Changed Man, and Other Tales
                Usage of felicitous in inglés
                1
                Rarely have creator and critic been joined in so felicitous a marriage.
                Mince Pie
                2
                At the end of the felicitous occasion, the father found his voice,-
                The Court of Boyville
                3
                The felicitous expression of some well-known truth or experience is always pleasing.
                Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism
                4
                The contrast of Ben Jonson with Shakespeare is peculiarly and strikingly felicitous.
                The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 / With a Life of the...
                5
                But to me it seems a felicitous combination not often met with.
                A Laodicean : A Story of To-day
                6
                This is a peculiarly felicitous instance of what is called poetical justice.
                The Innocents Abroad
                7
                Mr -was a singular and felicitous exception to this mortifying rule.
                Rattlin the Reefer
                8
                Whenever he speaks of a friend, he is sure to be felicitous.
                Hours in a Library, Volume 1 / New Edition, with Additions
                9
                That brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous.
                Valis
                10
                Mauritz read the letter for me and complimented me on my felicitous German.
                Private life
                11
                In arguing a case his style was peculiarly felicitous-simple ,direct ,clear
                Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
                12
                Around its chief and central interest gather associations of felicitous significance.
                Standard Selections / A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Pr...
                13
                We did our best to put faith in such felicitous augury.
                The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère
                14
                His marriage had not proved in all respects a felicitous one.
                The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion, Volume 1
                15
                Down in front a man had risen from his seat-thefelicitous Mr. Truesdale.
                A Far Country — Volume 2
                16
                He was the least agile, the least felicitous, the least ready, of composers.
                Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol. 1 of 2)
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                oportuno
                Felicitous through the time
                Felicitous across language varieties
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