nice
has definitions from the fields of government,geography
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[ adjective ] pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
Examples "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith "nice manners" "a nice dress" "a nice face" "a nice day" "had a nice time at the party" Used in print (The New York Times,...)`` It was a nice round figure , that 12 '' , he said as he headed for the clubhouse , not too_much perturbed . `` I knew it all_along '' , confessed Arnold with a grin , `` but I just happened to think how much nicer it would be to drop one way up there '' . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Later the Hurok office made it Dec. 8 thru 17 , a nice , long booking for the full repertory . Also on the bill at the Fifty-fifth_Street is a nice ten minute color film called `` Sunday_in_Greenwich_Village '' , a tour of the haunts and joints . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The survivors emerge on some nice , sunny day in March or April , when the temperature is close to 50 ` F and there is not too_much wind . |
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[ adjective ] socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
Synonyms Examples "from a decent family" "a nice girl" Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)And if the affection for the suburban branch reflects a desire to shop with `` nice people '' , rather than with the indiscriminate urban mass which supports the downtown department_store , the central location may be in serious trouble . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)Also , he was so nice when he was nice '' . Also , he was so nice when he was nice '' . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)The daughter replied , `` Oh , I had dinner with - well , you do n't know him but he 's awfully nice - and we went_to a_couple_of places - I do n't suppose you 've heard of them - and we finished_up at a cute little night_club - I forget the name of it . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] done with delicacy and skill
Synonyms Examples "a nice bit of craft" "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer" "a nice shot" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Hand her a chair and she would say , `` Why , it 's a nice imitation of those Queen_Anne chairs I inherited from Grandmother_Delancy '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
Examples "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking" "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] noting distinctions with nicety
Synonyms Examples "a discriminating interior designer" "a nice sense of color" "a nice point in the argument" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10039
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