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as in pleasant
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses
a felicitous accompaniment to dinner is provided by a pianist on weekends at the restaurant
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as in suitable
meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation
the museum's restaurant is featuring a French menu as a felicitous complement to the current show on French Impressionism
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Recent Examples of felicitous
And in one of those felicitous culinary accidents like the Toll House cookie, wound up with a gluten-free product.
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Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Pebble Beach was not a felicitous meeting of land and sea.
—Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
Ellis-Bextor now joins Kate Bush in the league of criminally underrated British singers who have received a late-career reappraisal thanks to a felicitous TV or film sync.
—Vulture, 11 Jan. 2024
That breadth is a felicitous analog to the roaming comedy of the script.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 5 Jan. 2024
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Fortunately, there's usually plenty of pleasant autumn days after the first frost to tackle the remaining fall gardening tasks at a more leisurely rate.—
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Today the Moon in your sign is dancing with fair Venus creating pleasant feelings between you and everyone else.—
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The Mokum variety, a Nantes type, is suitable for container growing since the orange roots are slim and shorter than some of the larger varieties, reaching six-to-eight inches in length.—
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During the land use committee hearing, city property agent Tyler Garland said the five parcels are not suitable for multi-family housing and that no city department expressed interest in using them.—
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The result is luxuriously silky; a delightful foil to the crunchy graham cracker crust.—
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The sword and sorcery genre was always reliable for delightful low-budget cheese, with entries such as The Beastmaster, The Barbarians, and of course, the Deathstalker series.—
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The result is a chic, vacation-appropriate alternative that travels beautifully.—
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This is not meant to provide Nix with an excuse, but an appropriate frame of reference.—
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Soup Up the Basic Chicken Noodle Stir a few tablespoons into the broth of your standard chicken noodle soup for a delicious Mediterranean spin on a favorite.—
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Besides being undeniably delicious, these creations put an end to indecision, offering two craveable recipes in each bite.—
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The gift is fitting, not just because Farley runs Ford, but his maternal grandfather, Emmet Tracy, was an early Ford employee who built Model T's.—
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Fashion stylist Ashley Dorough recommends styles that fall somewhere between floppy and snugly fitting on your head.—
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To make these journeys manageable and enjoyable, visitors must rely on local travel platforms which understand (and solve) the logistical challenges.—
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Season 2 is not without enjoyable intrigue, yet never proves worth the risk of opening a closed (literal) book.—
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Resar said the issue is technique and having a dedicated coach who specializes in tight ends and can teach him proper footwork and hand placement.—
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After not hosting an official ceremony in 2022, the Golden Globes returned to proper form in 2023, with stars showing off jaw-dropping looks on the red carpet.—
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“Felicitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felicitous. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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