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Niceness

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Noun

1. niceness, politeness

a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage

2. niceness

the quality of nice

3. niceness, subtlety

the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze

Example Sentences:
'you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Niceness

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adjective
1. 
pleasant or commendable
a nice day
2. 
kind or friendly
a nice gesture of help
3. 
good or satisfactory
they made a nice job of it
4. 
subtle, delicate, or discriminating
a nice point in the argument
5. 
precise; skilful
a nice fit
6. rare
fastidious; respectable
he was not too nice about his methods
7. obsolete
a. 
foolish or ignorant
b. 
delicate
c. 
shy; modest
d. 
wanton
8.  nice and
noun
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: a leading resort of the French Riviera; founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century bc. Pop: 348 721 (2007)
noun acronym for
1. 
(in England and Wales) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: a body that provides guidance on best practice in medicine and treatments in the NHS
2. 
non-inflationary consistent expansion: a period of steady economic growth and low inflation

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Niceness

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seaport & resort in SE France: pop. 342,000
adjectiveWord forms: ˈnicer or ˈnicest
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. 
a. 
able to make fine or delicate distinctions; delicately skillful; finely discriminating
b. 
minutely accurate, as an instrument
5. 
having high standards of conduct; scrupulous
6.  a generalized term of approval meaning variously:
a. 
agreeable; pleasant; delightful
b. 
attractive; pretty
c. 
courteous and considerate
d. 
conforming to approved social standards; respectable
e. 
in good taste
f. 
good; excellent
7.  Obsolete
a. 
ignorant; foolish
b. 
wanton
c. 
coy; shy
adverbWord forms: ˈnicer or ˈnicest
8. 
well, pleasingly, attractively, etc.
variously regarded as substandard, dialectal, or informal

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Niceness

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adj. nic·er, nic·est
1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature: had a nice time; a nice person.
2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance: a nice dress; a nice face.
3. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness: a nice gesture.
4. Of good character and reputation; respectable.
5. Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.
6. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle: a nice distinction; a nice sense of style.
7. Done with delicacy and skill: a nice bit of craft.
8. Used as an intensive with and: nice and warm.
9. Obsolete
a. Wanton; profligate: "For when mine hours / Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives / Of me for jests" (Shakespeare).
b. Affectedly modest; coy: "Ere ... / The nice Morn on th' Indian steep, / From her cabin'd loop-hole peep" (John Milton).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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