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 .

2
[ adjective ] socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

Synonyms

decent

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

respectable

3
[ adjective ] done with delicacy and skill

Synonyms

skillful

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

precise

4
[ 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

fastidious

5
[ adjective ] exhibiting courtesy and politeness

Synonyms

courteous gracious

Examples

"a nice gesture"

Related terms

polite

6
[ adjective ] noting distinctions with nicety

Synonyms

discriminate

Examples

"a discriminating interior designer" "a nice sense of color" "a nice point in the argument"

Related terms

discriminating

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10039
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[ noun ] (government,geography) a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

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city France

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