felicity
/fəˈlɪsɪti/noun
A graceful, well-chosen way of putting things in speech or writing.
Example sentences
- “The translator captured the poem's humor with remarkable felicity.”
- “The essay was written with a felicity rare in student work.”
Literary and rare in conversation. Its opposite, 'infelicity', is an editor's polite word for an awkward phrase. Also an old-fashioned word for great happiness.