felicity.

1. A state of happiness, contentment, or well-being.

2. A pleasingly apt or skillful choice of wording or detail.

3. A fortunate occurrence, circumstance, or outcome.

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Words that belong together

• domestic felicity
• lasting felicity

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The letters describe a brief period of domestic felicity.

He mistook their careful courtesy for lasting felicity.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural felicities for apt details or happy occurrences. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.