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Meaning of nice as ninepence | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Perfectly all right; fine.
not-comparable
Neat, tidy, in order.
not-comparable

Examples

“She had been mistress of the farm so long that it would be hard for her to play second fiddle, but give her time and she'd be as good as new butter and as nice as ninepence, he said.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

nice as pie nice-but-dim nice-looking nice-nelly niceish Nicene