Sentence examples for not felicitous from inspiring English sources

For instance, to parallel the pun in the creation story that plays off "adam" and "adamah," human and soil, an echo that conveys the humbleness of humanity's origins, Alter gives us "humus" and "human," which is instructive but not felicitous.

Here I have promised all right, but the act is not felicitous because it is not sincere.

The decision which will be made under a variety of factors might result in a terrible mistake if it is not felicitous.

The assertion rules can then be used to counter that even when (2) is literally true, it is not felicitous to assert it.

The result was not uniformly felicitous.

"But the timing from their standpoint is not very felicitous.

Domesticity, not always felicitous, has its innings here, too.

Adorno's interpretations, though, were not always felicitous.

It should be noted, however, that the association between the modern legal profession and colonialism was not always felicitous.

Mr. Waters's attempts to indicate the dramatic events that sometimes must be read between the lines of the letters are not always felicitous.

The film's other component, which could be called the nostalgic-poetic as opposed to the historical-dramatic, is not as felicitous.