Both Uses of
felicity
in
The House of Mirth
- The words were hardly spoken when she realized their infelicity.†
Chpt 1.8 *
- It was one of the days when she was so handsome that to be handsome was enough, and all the rest—her grace, her quickness, her social felicities—seemed the overflow of a bounteous nature.†
Chpt 2.3 *
Definitions:
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(felicity as in: felicity of expression) pleasing and appropriate manner or style; or an instance of such
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(felicity as in: domestic felicity) happiness or luck; or an instance or source of such