felicitous

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A win for this film would be nothing less than felicitous in a post-#MeToo Hollywood.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2023

The metal salvager, Willie Fulgear, who found 52 of them, got a reward, some felicitous publicity, a limo to the Oscars and an onstage shoutout from ceremony host Billy Crystal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2023

One fellow went so far as to block the good people at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation when they were calling with the most felicitous news imaginable.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022

Eleven time zones away at Pebble Beach, that felicitous meeting of land and sea, Monahan professes not to be overly concerned with what’s going on in Saudi Arabia.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2022

She had even commissioned someone to write felicitous messages on red banners, as if my parents themselves had draped these decorations to congratulate me on my good luck.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan