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Word Meanings - INFELICITOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.

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  • APPROPRIATENESS
    The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.
  • REMARKER
    One who remarks.
  • CONDITIONALITY
    The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
  • WORDSMAN
    One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. "Some speculative wordsman." H. Bushnell.
  • CONDITIONAL
    Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
  • APPROPRIATE
    Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words
  • FORTUNATE
    1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment. 2. Receiving same unforeseen
  • INFELICITOUS
    Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.
  • EXPRESSURE
    The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. An operation more divine Than breath or pen can give expressure to. Shak.
  • CONDITIONATE
    Conditional. Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.
  • EXPRESS TRAIN
    Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train run at express or special speed and making few stops.
  • EXPRESSIVE
    1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. Tickell. 2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning
  • FELICITOUS
    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.
  • EXPRESSNESS
    The state or quality of being express; definiteness. Hammond.
  • FORTUNATELY
    In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
  • CONDITION
    A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of
  • CONDITIONLY
    Conditionally.
  • REMARKABLE
    Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary. 'T is remarkable, that they Talk most who have the least to say. Prior. There is nothing left remarlable Beneath the visiting moon. Shak. Syn.
  • EXPRESSIONAL
    Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment. Fized. Hall. Ruskin.
  • EXPRESSIONLESS
    Destitute of expression.
  • REAPPLICATION
    The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
  • SWORDSMANSHIP
    The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.
  • INEXPRESSIBLY
    In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator.
  • UNAPPROPRIATE
    1. Inappropriate; unsuitable. 2. Not appropriated. Bp. Warburton.
  • INCONDITIONAL
    Unconditional. Sir T. Browne.
  • UNCONDITIONAL
    Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender. O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional. Dryden. -- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
  • UNCONDITIONED
    Not subject to condition or limitations; infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable. Sir W. Hamilton. The unconditioned , all that which is inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or
  • SWORDSMAN
    1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.
  • UNEXPRESSIBLE
    Inexpressible. Tillotson. -- Un`ex*press"i*bly, adv.

 

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