nice.
Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
Meaning & usage
Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
You weren’t nice to me this morning.
Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
The soup is nice and hot.
Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression.
For Candy Crush Saga, the critics were far nicer than the audience (7.9/10 vs. 3.1/10).
Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
a nice way of putting it
Silly, ignorant; foolish.
Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.
Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).
Nicely.
Children, play nice.
He dresses real nice.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).
Used to signify a job well done.
Nice! I couldn't have done better.
Used to signify approval.
Is that your new car? Nice!
Where this word comes from
From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).
niceness.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).
To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
Where this word comes from
Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.
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