[ US /ˈnaɪs, ˈnis/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
    too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
    so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
  2. done with delicacy and skill
    a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer
    a nice bit of craft
    a nice shot
  3. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
    a nice girl
    from a decent family
  4. exhibiting courtesy and politeness
    a nice gesture
  5. pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
    what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty
    a nice day
    nice manners
    a nice dress
    the corn and tomatoes are nice today
    had a nice time at the party
    a nice face
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How To Use nice In A Sentence

  • The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
  • Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted. Nerilka's Story
  • (Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.") Did Pirated 'Wolverine' Review Get Fox 411's Roger Friedman Fired? [Update]
  • A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view. Very Little Drops Dead
  • Said hi also to a few of the guys from Aereogramme after they'd finished up, but wasn't actually sure of who was there from Chemikal Underground or what they look like, so I was basically floating around and looking glaikit until Mags pointed out the Newsnight crew, and the nice interviewer man figured out who I was. Archive 2007-02-01
  • These include a nice Nigerian guy who sells the best roast chicken around (he did this in Paris as well), a couple of Egyptians and a Tunisian who make great chicken shawarma and a couple of Turkish guys who do the same with beef.
  • Had to give up on a couple of nice bulls but that's the haps at that time of year. Help with Colorado Elk
  • In a couple of days she'd have built you a nice little house with a front porch and a back garden. Times, Sunday Times
  • We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
  • It was nice to play a Wii game that wasn't full of bright greens and blues like another title featuring Mario. Epinions Recent Content for Home
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