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| 1. | [ 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" |
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| Related terms: | nasty good pleasant pleasant niceness | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous | |
| Synonyms: | decent | |
| Examples: | "from a decent family" "a nice girl" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | precise | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | |
| Synonyms: | overnice prissy squeamish dainty | |
| Examples: | "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking" "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" |
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| Related terms: | fastidious | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] exhibiting courtesy and politeness | |
| Synonyms: | courteous gracious | |
| Examples: | "a nice gesture" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | discriminating | |
| 7. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10039 | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (government,geography) a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera | |
| Related terms: | city France | |
| Similar spelling: |
niece Nike Nies Niese niche Niesha Nickey nicaea nix nij Nickie Niehaus nisi Nish Niki nigh nicu nick Neice |
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