felicitously en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English felicitous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English felicitously From felicitous + -ly.
Meanings
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In a felicitous manner.
The house was not very felicitously titled, said many: it was no academic pharos.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 39:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most felicitously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more felicitously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |