Meaning of nice | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pleasant, satisfactory.
   informal
2. pretty, cute
3. A city of southeast France on the Mediterranean Sea northeast of Cannes. Controlled by various royal houses after the 1200s, the city was finally ceded to France in 1860. It is the leading resort city of the French Riviera.
4. Of a person: friendly, attractive.
   informal
5. nice, lovely, sweet, fine, charming, great
6. nice and, (used as an intensifier to indicate sufficiency, pleasure, comfort, or the like): It's nice and warm in here.
7. Respectable; virtuous.
8. tuna; bonito
9. a seaport in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort. 342,439.
10. Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
    informal
11. skipjack
12. mooi, netjies بِلَطافَه добре agradavelmente pěkně fein dejligt; pænt; lækkert; nøjagtigt ωραία, πολύ καλά agradablemente kenasti نکته باريک mukavasti bien, gentimentיפה, היטב अच्छे से lijepo, ugodno pontosan, jól, szépen dengan baik vingjarnlega; laglega; ágætlega bene, piacevolmente うまく 좋게, 잘 gražiai, maloniai, puikiai, subtiliai labi, jauki dengan cantik, menarik aardigfint, nøyaktigprzyjemnie مهم ټكى agradavelmente bine; amabil мило; хорошо pekne dobro fino trevligt อย่างดี pek iyi, çok i...
13. Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression.
    informal
14. a precise or delicate detail. noukeurigheid بالتَّفْصيل прецизност delicadeza přesnost, jemnost die Feinheit finesse λεπτομέρειαsutileza nüanss ظرافت vivahde raffinementדיוק व्योरा preciznost, točnost finom részlet ketepatan smáatriði, nákvæmnisatriði accuratezza, precisione 正確 정확성 subtilybė, vingrybė būtiska detaļa perbezaan yang kecil detailfinesse, fin detalj, nøyaktighet finezja ښكلا delicadeza detaliu тонкость; мелкие подробности presnosť, jemnosť natančnost, podrobnost finesa precision,...
15. Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
    informal
16. exactly. He judged the distance to a nicety. presies, noukeurig بالضَّبْط، بِدِقَّه съвършено com exatidão (na chlup) přesně aufs Genauste nøjagtigt με ακρίβεια con suma precisión, a la perfección täpselt احتياط؛ دقت tarkasti exactementבדיוק ठीक-ठीक preciznost, potankost pontosan dengan tepat nákvæmlega esattamente, alla perfezione 精密に 정확하게 tiksliai precīzi dengan tepat preciesnøyaktigdokładnie دقت،غور com exactidão cu precizie точно presne natančno precizno på pricken, precis แม่นยำ bütün ay...
17. Silly, ignorant; foolish.
    obsolete
18. Pleasing and agreeable in nature: had a nice time; a nice person.
19. Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
    archaic
20. Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.
    dated
21. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance: a nice dress; a nice face.
22. Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
    obsolete
23. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness: a nice gesture.
24. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
25. Of good character and reputation; respectable.
26. Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
    obsolete
27. Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“You weren’t nice to me this morning.”

“"It's a lot nicer than going round by the road; that is so dusty and hot," said Diana practically, peeping into her dinner basket and mentally calculating if the three juicy, toothsome, raspberry tarts reposing there were divided among ten girls, how many bites each girl would have.”

“When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)”

“What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure.”

“Yes, please tell me how Shillary is the nicest corporate oligarchical servant, and how she will lovingly sell out the people who voted for her to her banker masters, with a twinkle in her fellating eye.”

“What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?”

“She was so nice, in fact, that she wouldn't let me put my hand underneath or even on top of her bra, and so I finished with her, although obviously I didn't tell her why.”

“The soup is nice and hot.”

“We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.”

“For Candy Crush Saga, the critics were far nicer than the audience (7.9/10 vs. 3.1/10).”

“a nice way of putting it”

“Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice To change true rules for odd inventions.”

“There is nothing he seemed to be more carefull of than of his honesty, and observe a kinde of decencie of his person, and orderly decorum in his habits, were it on foot or on horsebacke. He was exceeding nice in performing his word or promise.”

“Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment.”

“But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice [translating wählerisch] in my dealings with the remainder.”

“Choice, nice in eating; fastidiosus in edendo.”

““Well, my dear,” he deliberately began, “considering we never saw her before, she seems a very pretty sort of young lady; and I dare say she was very much pleased with you. She speaks a little too quick. A little quickness of voice there is which rather hurts the ear. But I believe I am nice; I do not like strange voices; and nobody speaks like you and poor Miss Taylor. ..."”

“"Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential."”

“"It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."”

“It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis is Moslem or gnostic.”

“Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.”

“[W]ere it good / To ſet the exact wealth of al our ſtates / Al at one caſt? to ſet ſo rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre?”

Is it good / To bet all of our wealth / On one throw of the dice? To place so high a stake / On the risky hazard of one doubtful hour?

“It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.”

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