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niceness

noun
/ˈnaɪsnɪs/

Etymology

From nice + -ness.

  1. derived from nescius
  2. derived from nice
  3. inherited from nyce
  4. suffixed as niceness — “nice + ness”

Definitions

  1. Silliness

    Silliness; folly.

  2. Effeminacy

    Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness.

    • He was a good Citizen, of an honest-gentle nature, as are commonly fat and burly men; for so was he: But to speake truely of him, full of ambitious vanitie and remisse nicenesse [translating mollesse].

  3. Shyness

    Shyness; reserve.

    • Methinks a young create of niceness should be less ready to write to one man, when she is designed to be another's.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Fastidiousness

      Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity.

    2. Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality

      Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness.

    3. A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also…

      A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA