FELICITOUS in a Sentence

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1. While this scene was going on at the tavern, Sam and Andy, in a state of high felicitation, pursued their way home.

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 Meanings and Examples of FELICITOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
felicitous
 a.  apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
Classic Sentence:
1  The felicitous idea occurred to me a morning or two later when I woke, that the best step I could take towards making myself uncommon was to get out of Biddy everything she knew.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
2  First they took out the soil to make bricks, and then they filled it up again with garbage, which seemed to Jurgis and Ona a felicitous arrangement, characteristic of an enterprising country like America.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  He arranged in his own mind, with all sorts of felicitous devices, his departure for England with Cosette, and he beheld his felicity reconstituted wherever he pleased, in the perspective of his revery.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER
4  They expressed commiseration for that part of the army which had been left upon the river bank, felicitating themselves upon being a part of a blasting host.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  The minister and the king exchanged numerous caresses, felicitating each other upon the fortunate chance which had freed France from the inveterate enemy who set all Europe against her.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 67 CONCLUSION
6  While this scene was going on at the tavern, Sam and Andy, in a state of high felicitation, pursued their way home.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  There was nothing but felicitations, pressures of the hand, and embraces; there was no end to the inextinguishable laughter at the Rochellais.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
Example Sentence:
1  He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many a banquet.