felicitousness

3 definitions found

felicitousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Felicitous \Fe*lic"i*tous\, a.
     Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful;
     skillful; successful; happily applied or expressed;
     appropriate.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Felicitous words and images.             --M. Arnold.
     -- Fe*lic"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Fe*lic"i*tous*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

  felicitousness \fe*lic"i*tous*ness\ n.
     a pleasing and appropriate manner or style, especially of
     expression.
  
     Syn: felicity.
          [WordNet 1.5]

felicitousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  felicitousness
      n 1: pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner
           or style of expression) [syn: felicity, felicitousness]
           [ant: infelicity]