2[uncountableU]SUITABLE the quality of being well-chosen or suitable 恰當,巧妙,貼切
a felicity of language
語言的貼切
3.felicities[plural]British EnglishBrE formalSUITABLEsuitable or well-chosenremarks or details 恰當[巧妙]的措辭[細節]
Examples from the Corpus
felicity• The aim was to surroundlitheJohn with domesticobjects and so turn his mind to conjugalfelicity.• She made you feel that you were an expected felicity to her.• This must be a human felicity as high as any that is possible.• It is a book full of minorfelicities.• He demonstrated a concern for the felicity of his children.• In these works Traherne expresses his vision of the felicity for which mankind was created.• With this felicity of thinking, they easily bridged the physical and social sciences, from biology to psychology to sociology.
Originfelicity
(1300-1400)Old Frenchfelicité, from Latinfelix“happy”