Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

felicitously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: fe-lic-i-tous-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a felicitous manner.

Example Sentences

"The house was not very felicitously titled, said many: it was no academic pharos."

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.

Inflected Forms

more felicitously (comparative) most felicitously (superlative)

Derived Forms

infelicitously

Questions

What does felicitously mean?: In a felicitous manner.
Where does felicitously come from?: 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.

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