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felicity

[fi-lis-i-tee] / fɪˈlɪs ɪ ti /


NOUN
appropriateness
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Hindus believe Hinglaj Mata is one the places where the remains of Sati, the goddess of marital felicity and longevity, fell to earth after she ended her life.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

In other words, “Luck” takes things that are intangible — in this case, random felicity and affliction — and imagines them as palpable.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022

Serenity, personal growth and felicity may not be seductive topics for a contemporary R&B record.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Neglecting to explore this gives the viewer little reason to witness that struggle beyond the lesson of it; there must be, should be, the counterbalancing representation of felicity, and in large doses.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2020

He can turn effortlessly from the carnage of war into the felicity of a woman washing her hair in a mountain stream.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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