well chosen or suited to the circumstances; appropriate secondary meaning: pleasing or fortunate
MobiQuotes
@mobiquotes.bsky.social
George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his least felicitous lines, analogous to 'murder minus the death' or 'life minus the breathing'.
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MobiQuotes
@mobiquotes.bsky.social
George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his least felicitous lines, analogous to 'murder minus the death' or 'life minus the breathing'.
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Will
@willcouper.bsky.social
"It was a new walk. An entirely new walk! Oh the raptures! Oh the thanks to be given on this perfectly felicitous day!" Putting on Shiny Shoes (1845).
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