felicitously
felicitously adverb: in a felicitous manner.
Adverb
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
Forms of felicitously
| comparative | more felicitously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most felicitously |
Origin of felicitously
From felicitous + -ly.
Words formed from felicitously
Questions about felicitously
- What does felicitously mean?
- Felicitously means in a felicitous manner.
- What part of speech is felicitously?
- Felicitously is an adverb.
Words near felicitously in the dictionary
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