Nice
[naɪs]
Definition
(noun.) a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera.
(adj.) pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; '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'; 'the corn and tomatoes are nice today' .
(adj.) done with delicacy and skill; 'a nice bit of craft'; 'a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer'; 'a nice shot' .
Inputed by Gracie--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
(superl.) Of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial.
(superl.) Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
(superl.) Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
(superl.) Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.
(superl.) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
(superl.) Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
Inputed by Errol
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Exact, accurate, precise, critical, definite, strict, rigorous.[2]. Fastidious, dainty, squeamish, punctilious, finical, difficult, over-scrupulous, exacting, hard to please, very particular.[3]. Subtile, fine, refined, minute.[4]. Delicate, dainty, luscious, soft, tender, savory, delicious, palatable.[5]. [Colloquial.] Pleasant, agreeable, delightful, good.
Editor: Sheldon
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fastidious, scrupulous, accurate, neat, discerning, dainty, pleasant,agreeable, exact, fine, finished, particular
ANT:Coarse, unscrupulous, inaccurate, rude, rough, undiscriminating, nasty,nauseous, disagreeable
Inputed by Eunice
Definition
adj. foolishly simple: over-particular: hard to please: fastidious: marking or taking notice of very small differences: done with great care and exactness accurate: easily injured: delicate: dainty: agreeable: delightful.—adv. Nice′ly.—ns. Nice′ness quality of being nice: exactness: scrupulousness: pleasantness; Nic′ety quality of being nice: delicate management: exactness of treatment: fineness of perception: fastidiousness: that which is delicate to the taste: a delicacy.—To a nicety with great exactness.
Checked by Calvin
Examples
- Monstrous nice girl, 'pon my honour, though, Osborne, he was good enough to add. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And who is that nice good-natured looking creature with her--a flame of yours? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I hope so, said Mr. Chichely, else he ought not to have married that nice girl we were all so fond of. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And a nice brother he is--half-brother I mean to say. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I quite understand it to be a nice question. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- By Jove, Selden's at Nice--I'll send for Selden! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is very nice to talk again. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I'm sure our pops look like silk, and they are nice enough for us. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The violet silk would be so nice. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Was he nice? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A house-carpenter seems to exercise rather a nicer and a more ingenious trade than a mason. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Ah, that is much nicer to say than Mr Roylands. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But no one could have been nicer--no airs, you know, and so good-natured: I can quite see why people think her so fascinating. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I can't go and live in no nicer place, sir, replies Jo. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I wish the men would always stop away--it's really much nicer without them. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They all came to that robe when he was asleep and they were all much nicer than they ever had been in life. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Celia confessed it was nicer to be Lady than Mrs., and that Dodo never minded about precedence if she could have her own way. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was, out of all sight (as I remember him), the nicest boy that ever spun a top or broke a window. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This yer's my nicest chicken. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He met her first at the George Dorsets', only about six weeks ago, and it's just the nicest possible marriage for dear Evie. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Her sewing is exquisite; it is the nicest thing I know about Mary. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The nicest skill had to be used in turning the screw of the press, and only Gutenberg seemed able to succeed with it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The same system was followed with equal success in producing the first-class pocket-chronometer for the nicest work to which chronometers can be put. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hang it, she's the nicest little woman in England, George replied, showing his white teeth, and giving his ambrosial whiskers a twirl. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But he is a pleasant, good humoured fellow, and has got the nicest little black bitch of a pointer I ever saw. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I could get the nicest house in the world for you, next door to ours, in Hanover-square. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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