Nicer
[naɪs]
Examples
- 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.
Editor: Nat