nice

Meaning

1. (informal) Pleasant, satisfactory.
2. (informal) Of a person: friendly, attractive.
3. Respectable; virtuous.
4. (informal) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
5. (informal) Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression.
6. (informal) Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
7. (obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
8. Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
9. Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.
10. (obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
11. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
12. (obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
13. (obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

good

👍

be good

subtile

agreable

good at

gossamery

🆗

precisionist

pretty good

quite good

sense of honor

light complexion

good to look at

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/naɪs/

From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).

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