nice

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.

   • You weren’t nice to me this morning.
   • When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
2. 2

   Of a person

   Of a person: friendly, attractive.

   • Yes, please tell me how Shillary is the nicest corporate oligarchical servant, and how she will lovingly sell out the people who voted for her to her banker masters, with a twinkle in her fellating eye.
3. 3

   Respectable

   Respectable; virtuous.

   • What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
   • She was so nice, in fact, that she wouldn't let me put my hand underneath or even on top of her bra, and so I finished with her, although obviously I didn't tell her why.
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   1. 4

      Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier

      Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.

      • The soup is nice and hot.
      • We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
   2. 5

      Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression.

      • For Candy Crush Saga, the critics were far nicer than the audience (7.9/10 vs. 3.1/10).
   3. 6

      Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly

      • a nice way of putting it
   4. 7

      Silly, ignorant

      Silly, ignorant; foolish.

      • Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice To change true rules for odd inventions.
   5. 8

      Particular in one's conduct

      Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.

      • Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment.
      • But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice [translating wählerisch] in my dealings with the remainder.
   6. 9

      Having particular tastes

      Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.

      • Choice, nice in eating; fastidiosus in edendo.
   7. 10

      Particular as regards rules or qualities

      Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

      • "Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential."
   8. 11

      Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment

      Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

      • "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
      • It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis is Moslem or gnostic.
      • Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
   9. 12

      Easily injured

      Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

   10. 13

       Doubtful, as to the outcome

       Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

       • [W]ere it good / To ſet the exact wealth of al our ſtates / Al at one caſt? to ſet ſo rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre?
       • It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
   11. 14

       Nicely.

       • Children, play nice.
       • He dresses real nice.
       • This riesling's going down nice.
   12. 15

       Used to signify a job well done.

       • Nice! I couldn't have done better.
   13. 16

       Used to signify approval.

       • Is that your new car? Nice!
   14. 17

       niceness.

       • She had refused as kindly as she know how, using up as much nice as she had energy for because she was glad of his company when three o'clock rolled around and she started thinking about September.
       • We could debate forever about whether we have enough of one or too much of another. But I know one thing for sure: We never have too much nice.
       • It is the absence of rules and too much nice that are more likely to produce terror.
   15. 18

       To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

   16. 19

       A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte…

       A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.

       • The Nice prosecutor’s office told CNN that an investigation has been opened into his death and an autopsy ordered. So far, authorities have not announced any charges related to Pormanove’s death.
   17. 20

       A surname. (pronounced /ni

       A surname. (pronounced /ni:s/ or /naɪs/)

   18. 21

       A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.

   19. 22

       Acronym of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

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