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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nice•ly /ˈnaɪsli/USA pronunciation adv. - in a pleasing, agreeable, or delightful way:behaved nicely.
- correctly;
properly:Five dollars should do quite nicely for a tip for the waiter.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nice /naɪs/USA pronunciation adj., nic•er, nic•est. - pleasing;
agreeable;
delightful:We had a nice visit.[It + be + ~ + to + verb]It was so nice to see you again. - kind;
thoughtful:[be + ~ (+ to)]Be nice to guests. - requiring or showing great skill, care, or tact:a nice handling of a crisis.
- fine;
subtle:a nice distinction. - refined;
discriminating:a nice sense of color.
Idioms- Idioms nice and, (used with an adjective to express stronger sufficiency, pleasure, comfort, or the like):It's nice and warm in here.
nice•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nice (nīs),USA pronunciation adj., nic•er, nic•est. - pleasing;
agreeable;
delightful:a nice visit. - amiably pleasant;
kind:They are always nice to strangers. - characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy:nice workmanship;a nice shot;a nice handling of a crisis.
- showing or indicating very small differences;
minutely accurate, as instruments:a job that requires nice measurements. - minute, fine, or subtle:a nice distinction.
- having or showing delicate, accurate perception:a nice sense of color.
- refined in manners, language, etc.:Nice people wouldn't do such things.
- virtuous;
respectable;
decorous:a nice girl. - suitable or proper:That was not a nice remark.
- carefully neat in dress, habits, etc.
- (esp. of food) dainty or delicate.
- having fastidious, finicky, or fussy tastes:They're much too nice in their dining habits to enjoy an outdoor barbecue.
- [Obs.]coy, shy, or reluctant.
- [Obs.]unimportant;
trivial. - [Obs.]wanton.
- Idioms make nice, to behave in a friendly, ingratiating, or conciliatory manner.
- Idioms nice and, sufficiently:It's nice and warm in here.
- Latin nescius ignorant, incapable, equivalent. to ne- negative prefix + sci- (stem of scīre to know; see science) + -us adjective, adjectival suffix
- Old French: silly, simple
- Middle English: foolish, stupid 1250–1300
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged friendly.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged delicate, exact, exacting, critical, scrupulous, discriminating, discerning, particular.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged polite.
- 10, 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged finical.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unpleasant.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unkind.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged careless.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged improper.
The semantic history of nice is quite varied, as the etymology and the obsolete senses attest, and any attempt to insist on only one of its present senses as correct will not be in keeping with the facts of actual usage. If any criticism is valid, it might be that the word is used too often and has become a cliché lacking the qualities of precision and intensity that are embodied in many of its synonyms. Nice (nēs),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort. 346,620.
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