niceness

adjective nicer nic′er, nicest nic′·est

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
4. 1. able to make fine or delicate distinctions; delicately skillful; finely discriminating
   2. minutely accurate, as an instrument
5. having high standards of conduct; scrupulous
6. 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
7. Obsolete
   1. ignorant; foolish
   2. wanton
   3. coy; shy

Etymology: ME, strange, lazy, foolish < OFr nice, nisce, stupid, foolish < L nescius, ignorant, not knowing < nescire, to be ignorant < ne-, not (see no) + scire, to know: see science

adverb nicer nic′er, nicest nic′·est