nice
see also: Nice, NICE
Pronunciation Adjective
Nice
Pronunciation Proper noun
NICE
Proper noun
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see also: Nice, NICE
Pronunciation Adjective
nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)
- Pleasant, satisfactory. [from 18th c.]
- 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
- When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
- 2008, Rachel Cooke, The Guardian, 20 Apr.:
- "What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure."
- 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
- Of a person: friendly, attractive. [from 18th c.]
- Respectable; virtuous. [from 18th c.]
- What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
- (with and) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite. [from 18th c.]
- The soup is nice and hot.
- (obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish. [14th-17th c.]
- (now, rare) Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy. [from 14th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
- There is nothing he seemed to be more carefull of than of his honesty, and observe a kinde of decencie of his person, and orderly decorum in his habits, were it on foot or on horsebacke. He was exceeding nice in performing his word or promise.
- 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p.83:
- But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice transterm wählerisch in my dealings with the remainder.
- (obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict. [16th-19th c.]
- 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion, chapter 16:
- "Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential."
- 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion, chapter 16:
- Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle. [from 16th c.]
- 1914: Saki, Laura:
- "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p.131:
- It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis is Moslem or gnostic.
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p.242:
- Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
- 1914: Saki, Laura:
- (obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
- (obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky. [16th-19th c.]
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:
- [W]ere it good / To ſet the exact wealth of al our ſtates / Al at one caſt? to ſet ſo rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre?
- Is it good / To bet all of our wealth / On one throw of the dice? To place so high a stake / On the risky hazard of one doubtful hour?
- 1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul.:
- It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
- (easy to like: person) charming, delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet
- (easy to like: thing) charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant
- (having a pleasant taste or aroma) appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish (informal), scrummy (slang), scrumptious (slang), tasty
- (subtle) fine, subtle
- (easy to like: person) horrible, horrid, nasty
- (easy to like: thing) horrible, horrid, nasty
- (having a pleasant taste or aroma) awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory
- (respectable; virtuous) naughty
- French: gentil, sympathique, sympa, agréable
- German: freundlich, sympathisch, lieb, nett
- Italian: simpatico, piacevole, gentile
- Portuguese: bonito, agradável, simpático
- Russian: ми́лый
- Spanish: simpático, agradable, amable, bueno
- French: beau, joli
- German: schön, hübsch, nett
- Italian: bello
- Portuguese: bom, agradável
- Russian: симпати́чный
- Spanish: bonito, bello, lindo
- French: bon
- German: lecker, angenehm
- Italian: buono
- Portuguese: agradável
- Russian: (tasty) вку́сный
- Spanish: rico, bueno
- Russian: то́нкий
nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)
- (colloquial) Nicely.
- Children, play nice.
- He dresses real nice.
- Used to signify a job well done.
- Nice! I couldn't have done better.
- Used to signify approval.
- Is that your new car? Nice!
nice (uncountable)
Verbnice (nices, present participle nicing; past and past participle niced)
Nice
Pronunciation Proper noun
- A coastal city/capital in Alpes-Maritimes, in the.
- Surname (pronounced /ni:s/ or /naɪs/)
- A census-designated place in Lake County, California.
NICE
Proper noun
- (UK) Initialism of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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