felicity noun - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

2[uncountable] the quality of being well chosen or suitable The story is told with great felicity of style. Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP AmericanEnglish English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionoffelicitynounfromtheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionary  felicity nounnounNAmE//fəˈlɪsət̮i// (pl.felicities)(formalor) jumptootherresults1(literary)[uncountable]greathappiness Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. 2[uncountable]thequalityofbeingwellchosenorsuitableThestoryistoldwithgreatfelicityofstyle. 3felicities[plural]well-chosenorsuccessfulfeatures,especiallyinaspeechorpieceofwritingHerbookdisplaysmanysubtlelinguisticfelicities.Thepianist'sperformancecontainednoshortageoffelicities.SeefelicityintheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionaryCheckpronunciation:felicity Nearbywords feldsparnoun felicitousadjective felicitynoun felineadjective felinenoun