felicitous

Modifies a noun

• phrase: The forest, in Rackham's felicitous phrase, was a place of deer, not a place of trees.
• choice: Conceptually that was quite accurate, even if it was not the most felicitous choice of words.
• term: Since this is not a felicitous term in our culture of plurality, it would be best to avoid it.
• expression: In this way, comrades, the second ' focus ' was established, to use Comrade Plekhanov's felicitous expression.
• line: Also, there is no lack of felicitous lines that show the genuine poetic touch.

Modifying Another Word

• particularly: The timing of the 1000th milestone is particularly felicitous, it being the Institute's 40th anniversary year.
• so: There are, it has to be said, good places to break down, and spots which are not so felicitous.