Sentence examples for could be felicitous from inspiring English sources
But for the purposes of understanding the intention of van der Sandt's analysis, we can take it that though an utterance of (17b) could be felicitous, it would be a case of flouting (in Grice's sense), a case where a maxim is disobeyed in order to preserve some greater conversational goal.
The film's other component, which could be called the nostalgic-poetic as opposed to the historical-dramatic, is not as felicitous.
My chief goal with this book, however, was to write the best poetry I could; its usefulness in therapy was felicitous but secondary.
There are felicitous strokes.
Its timing was felicitous and impeccable.
For Mr. Su, the venue of his talk was felicitous.
But the current talks on unity have hardly been felicitous.
In which case all this other jazz is felicitous accident.
Ms. Centurión, though without his technical brilliance, is a beautiful dancer; their partnership is felicitous.
The language of "Ill Fares the Land" is felicitous and polished, as befits such an intelligent and erudite author.
