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felicity

[fi-lis-i-tee] / fɪˈlɪs ɪ ti /


NOUN
appropriateness
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Blackhawk’s account of Native Americans over the past five centuries is among five nominees for the Mark Lynton History Prize, a $10,000 award given for work which “combines intellectual distinction with felicity of expression.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

He argued that dirty streets were a welcome sign of prosperity — "a necessary evil, inseparable from the felicity of London."

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2021

Such is the mystery of Erdrich’s work, and “The Sentence” is among her most magical novels, switching tones with the felicity of a mockingbird.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

As Anne Enright noted years ago, “Hadley, for all the felicity of her prose style, is an immensely subversive writer.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2019

The ceremony itself was one which began in refinement, in a spirit of proper felicity.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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