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infelicitously

adv

Etymology

From infelicitous + -ly or in- + felicitously.

  1. derived from *dʰeh₁(y)-✻ — “to nurse, suckle”
  2. derived from fēlīcitātem
  3. derived from felicité
  4. inherited from felicite — “bliss, happiness, joy; delight, pleasure; a source of happiness; good fortune; prosperity; well-being; of a planet: in an influential position”
  5. suffixed as felicitous — “felicity + ous”
  6. prefixed as infelicitous — “in + felicitous”
  7. suffixed as infelicitously — “infelicitous + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate

    • By turns absorbing, confounding, exhausting and altogether stranger and more rib-ticklingly funny than most fiction, Craig Baldwin's infelicitously titled and cacophonous provocation, "Mock Up on Mu," comes close to defying categorization.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA