felicitous
Example Sentences
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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
In a concert landscape marked by cash-grab reunions and mirthless anniversary celebrations, Rage — as it did during its heyday — stood above the rest and proved to be as ferocious and felicitous as ever.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 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
Though no such felicitous circumstance transpired, still I walked with light enough step.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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