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nicely

Variant of nice

adjective nicer, nicest

  1. difficult to please; fastidious; refined
  2. delicate; precise; discriminative; subtle: a nice distinction
  3. calling for great care, accuracy, tact, etc., as in handling or discrimination: a nice problem
    1. able to make fine or delicate distinctions; delicately skillful; finely discriminating
    2. minutely accurate, as an instrument
  4. having high standards of conduct; scrupulous
    1. agreeable; pleasant; delightful
    2. attractive; pretty
    3. courteous and considerate
    4. conforming to approved social standards; respectable
    5. in good taste
    6. good; excellent
  5. Obsolete
    1. ignorant; foolish
    2. wanton
    3. coy; shy

adverb nicer, nicest

well, pleasingly, attractively, etc.: variously regarded as substandard, dialectal, or informal

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