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NICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Nice" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness
Example:
a nice gesture
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
polite (showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.)
Derivation:
niceness (a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
Example:
so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
Synonyms:
dainty; nice; overnice; prissy; squeamish
Classified under:
Similar:
fastidious (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
Example:
the corn and tomatoes are nice today
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
good (agreeable or pleasing)
pleasant ((of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior)
Also:
pleasant (affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings)
Attribute:
niceness (the quality of nice)
Antonym:
nasty (offensive or even (of persons) malicious)
Derivation:
niceness (the quality of nice)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Done with delicacy and skill
Example:
a nice shot
Synonyms:
nice; skillful
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
precise (sharply exact or accurate or delimited)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
Example:
a nice girl
Synonyms:
decent; nice
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
respectable (characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals)
Derivation:
niceness (a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage)
Context examples:
Oh! 'tis a nice place! A butcher hard by in the village, and the parsonage-house within a stone's throw.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
And that is what really is the key stuff to make it sound nice, he said.
(Does Our Galaxy Sound Like Funky Blues Music?, George Putic/VOA)
"I would think that we would try to get our numbers up to one or two hundred before we do that so we have a nice strong herd."
(Northern Arapaho Tribe welcomes buffalo herd in Wyoming, United States, Wikinews)
So there was a nice connection from several levels linking the amygdala metabolic activity with these subsequent events, said Tawakol
(Biological Link Found Between Stress, Heart Disease, VOA)
So the man went home, and saw his wife standing at the door of a nice trim little cottage.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
But I believe I am nice; I do not like strange voices; and nobody speaks like you and poor Miss Taylor.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
They're a nice lot, ain't they?
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“A nice trap!” cried the high, snarling voice.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“You’re a nice cove, too, John Cummings,” said Harrison, reproachfully.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A low phaeton, with a nice little pair of ponies, would be the very thing.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
