felicitouslyadv.
/fᵻˈlɪsᵻtəsli/, U.S. /fəˈlɪsᵻdəsli/ In a felicitous manner.
1. Happily, prosperously, successfully.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adverb] > prosperously or successfully
selthelikea1325
luckily1482
felicitously1539
successively1582
1539 Cromwell in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1679) I. iii. xvii. 196 I..shall pray..that..your most dear Son, may succeed you to Reign long, prosperously, and felicitously.
2. In an admirably fitting manner; with striking appropriateness or grace.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > appositely
feelinglya1382
pertinentlyc1425
happily?1504
aptlya1529
punctually1570
pat1578
to scopea1616
appositely1633
apropos1668
felicitously1828
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adverb] > aptly
aptlya1529
prettily1576
felicitously1828
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) III. 70 Never had painter more felicitously realized his conception.
1832 J. J. Park Dogmas of Constit. Pref. 17 Sciences..felicitously denominated by the French authors, ‘les sciences d'observation’.
1863 A. B. Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) 77 I emphasise the word ‘spoil’..it is exquisitely and felicitously descriptive.
1893 Publishers' Circular 3 June 623/1 Cruikshank's..designs..felicitously render the grotesque..character of the tales.
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