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  • 51opportune — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fortuitous, timely, seasonable, felicitous, suitable, apt, apropos. See occasion, expedience. Ant., inopportune, inappropriate. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. timely, fitting, suitable, fortuitous; see …

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  • 52Elegance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Elegance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 elegance elegance purity grace ease Sgm: N 1 gracefulness gracefulness readiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 concinnity concinnity euphony numerosity …

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  • 53Success — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Success >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 success success successfulness Sgm: N 1 speed speed Sgm: N 1 advance advance &c.(progress) 282 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 trump card trump card Sgm: N 2 …

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  • 54infelicitous — 1754, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + FELICITOUS (Cf. felicitous). Related: infelicitously …

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  • 55good — 1. adjective 1) a good product Syn: fine, superior, quality; excellent, superb, outstanding, magnificent, exceptional, marvelous, wonderful, first rate, first class, sterling; satisfactory, acceptable, not bad, all rig …

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  • 56felicitously — adverb in a felicitous manner a not felicitously chosen word • Ant: ↑infelicitously • Derived from adjective: ↑felicitous …

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  • 57fe|lic´i|tous|ness — fe|lic|i|tous «fuh LIHS uh tuhs», adjective. 1. well chosen for the occasion; appropriate; well worded: »a felicitous speech of thanks. The poem was full of striking and felicitous similes. SYNONYM(S): fitting, apt. 2. having a gift for apt… …

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  • 58fe|lic´i|tous|ly — fe|lic|i|tous «fuh LIHS uh tuhs», adjective. 1. well chosen for the occasion; appropriate; well worded: »a felicitous speech of thanks. The poem was full of striking and felicitous similes. SYNONYM(S): fitting, apt. 2. having a gift for apt… …

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  • 59fe|lic|i|tous — «fuh LIHS uh tuhs», adjective. 1. well chosen for the occasion; appropriate; well worded: »a felicitous speech of thanks. The poem was full of striking and felicitous similes. SYNONYM(S): fitting, apt. 2. having a gift for apt speech.… …

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  • 60-itous — suffix forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in ity (calamitous; felicitous). Etymology: from or after F iteux f. L itosus * * * suffix forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in ity (such as calamitous corresponding to calamity …

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