conjuncture
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2ADJ.
pleasant
CONJUNCTURE + NOUN
courses, one's
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noun
A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.
To be sitting, at so pleasant a conjuncture of one's courses, in oneself, by oneself, that I think it will freely be admitted is a way no worse than another, and better than some, of whiling away an instant of leisure.
A set of circumstances causing a crisis; a juncture.
[I]n his later years, he [James II of England] repeatedly, at conjunctures such as have often inspired timorous and delicate women with heroic courage, showed a pusillanimous anxiety about his personal safety.
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Wiktionary[I]n his later years, he [James II of England] repeatedly, at conjunctures such as have often inspired timorous and delicate women with heroic courage, showed a pusillanimous anxiety about his persona
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