felicitous
well-suited, apt, or pleasingly right
Root
- felic: happy, lucky, fruitful, or apt
Other words with the felic root
- infelicitous: awkward or not well-suited to the occasion
Felicitous has the feeling of a lucky fit: the right word lands in the right place.
Her felicitous phrase made the difficult idea suddenly clear.
Felicity carries happiness, luck, and aptness. Felicitous is the moment when choice and occasion fit so well that the result feels graceful.