Felicitous \Fe*lic"i*tous\, a. Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate. Felicitous words and images. --M. Arnold. -- {Fe*lic"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Fe*lic"i*tous*ness}, n.
felicitously adv : in a felicitous manner; "a not felicitously chosen word" [ant: {infelicitously}]