英语词汇“nicely”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adv

When you do something nicely, you do it in a pleasant or charming way. Asking your brother nicely to borrow ten dollars is likely to work a lot better than demanding a loan.

A nicely dressed applicant has an advantage at a job interview over someone wearing ripped jeans. You can use the adverb nicely to mean "attractively," "politely," or "in a satisfactory way." It comes from nice, which originally meant "foolish," and whose meaning has changed in an unusually dramatic way over the years, from "stupid," to "fussy," to "delicate," and finally to "agreeable."

WORD FAMILY

nice: nicely, niceness, nicer, nicest, overnice+/niceness: nicenesses

USAGE EXAMPLES

But the pharmacy business keeps humming along nicely, with comps rising 3.4 percent during the same time frame.

Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016)

The last person to get hit by an IED was Cpl Nicely and he lost Both his legs and Both his arms.

New York Times(Dec 28, 2016)

When her breath started to smell a few months ago, I told her nicely and in private.

Slate(Dec 28, 2016)

adv in a nice way

a nicely painted house

单词	nicely
释义	nicely (once / 708 pages) adv When you do something nicely, you do it in a pleasant or charming way. Asking your brother nicely to borrow ten dollars is likely to work a lot better than demanding a loan. A nicely dressed applicant has an advantage at a job interview over someone wearing ripped jeans. You can use the adverb nicely to mean "attractively," "politely," or "in a satisfactory way." It comes from nice, which originally meant "foolish," and whose meaning has changed in an unusually dramatic way over the years, from "stupid," to "fussy," to "delicate," and finally to "agreeable." WORD FAMILY nice: nicely, niceness, nicer, nicest, overnice+/niceness: nicenesses USAGE EXAMPLES But the pharmacy business keeps humming along nicely, with comps rising 3.4 percent during the same time frame. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) The last person to get hit by an IED was Cpl Nicely and he lost Both his legs and Both his arms. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) When her breath started to smell a few months ago, I told her nicely and in private. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) adv in a nice way a nicely painted house
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