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Definition of "felicities" [felicities]

  • Plural form of felicity. (noun)

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Use "felicities" in a sentence
  • "Coppola has seldom understood subtlety and restraint in his long career, but that shortcoming is here especially stark in contrast to the felicities of the source material."
  • "But as just one of its many felicities, the rondo-like slow movement's steadily paced march theme is also eerily reminiscent of similar ones by the composer's other beloved predecessor, Franz Schubert."
  • "Since I am a critic still attached to "close reading," to examining a work for its stylistic felicities and its formal characteristics, the awareness that with a translated text I am at best confronting it in a second-hand version is enough to warn me away from making any confident assertions about it."