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felicitously, adv.|fɪˈlɪsɪtəslɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a felicitous manner.
1. Happily, prosperously, successfully.
1539Cromwell in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1679) I. iii. xvii. 196, I..shall pray..that..your most dear Son, may succeed you to Reign long, prosperously, and felicitously.
2. In an admirably fitting manner; with striking appropriateness or grace.
1828Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 70 Never had painter more felicitously realized his conception. 1832J. J. Park Dogmas of Constit. Pref. 17 Sciences..felicitously denominated by the French authors, ‘les sciences d'observation’. 1863A. B. Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) 77, I emphasise the word ‘spoil’..it is exquisitely and felicitously descriptive. 1893Publishers' Circular 3 June 623/1 Cruikshank's..designs..felicitously render the grotesque..character of the tales. |
