While away last week my friend said I used the word NICE a lot. He asked me my definition of NICE and I replied with COMFORTABLE... anyway this lead me to come home and read the dictionary and revisit the word:
nice
adjective \ˈnīs\
: giving pleasure or joy : good and enjoyable
: attractive or of good quality
: kind, polite, and friendly
Full Definition of NICE
2
a : showing fastidious or finicky tastes : particular <too nice a palate to enjoy junk food>
b : exacting in requirements or standards : punctilious <a nice code of honor>
3
: possessing, marked by, or demanding great or excessive precision and delicacy <nice measurements>
4
obsolete : trivial
5
a : pleasing, agreeable <a nice time> <a nice person>
b : well-executed <nice shot>
c : appropriate, fitting <not a nice word for a formal occasion>
6
a : socially acceptable : well-bred <from a nice family>
b : virtuous, respectable <was taught that nice girls don't do that>
Examples of NICE
- I hope you all had a nice time.
- It's so nice to see you again.
- It's nice to be back home.
- It's nice to know that you're all right.
- It would be nice to try something different.
- We had a very nice dinner.
- “Hello, my name is Sara.” “It's nice to meet you, Sara.”
- It's nice to see you, Luis. How have you been?
- She wears the nicest clothes.
- He looks nice in his new suit.
Origin of NICE
Middle English, foolish, wanton, from Anglo-French, silly, simple, from Latin nescius ignorant, from nescire not to know — more at nescience
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to NICE
- Synonyms
- befitting, correct, decent, decorous, de rigueur, genteel, proper, polite, respectable, seemly
- Antonyms
- improper, inappropriate, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, unbecoming, ungenteel, unseemly
Nice
geographical name \ˈnēs\Definition of NICE
city & port SE France on the Mediterranean pop 343,123
Variants of NICE
Nice or ancient Ni·caea
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