nice

(nīs)

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).

[Middle English, foolish, from Old French, from Latin nescius, ignorant, from nescīre, to be ignorant; see nescience.]

nice′ly adv.

nice′ness n.

Nice

(nēs)

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.

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Adv.

nicely - in a nice way; "a nicely painted house"

nicely

adverb

1. pleasantly, well, delightfully, attractively, charmingly, agreeably, pleasingly, acceptably, pleasurably He's just written a book, nicely illustrated and not too technical.
pleasantly unpleasantly, unattractively

2. kindly, politely, thoughtfully, amiably, courteously He treated you very nicely and acted like a decent guy.

3. precisely, exactly, accurately, exactingly, finely, carefully, strictly, subtly, delicately, meticulously, rigorously, scrupulously I think this sums up the problem very nicely.
precisely carelessly, sloppily (informal)

4. satisfactorily, well, adequately, acceptably, passably She has a private income, so they manage very nicely.

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Translations

بِلَطافَه

pěkně

dejligtlækkert

fein

agradablemente bien

agréablement

vingjarnlega; laglega; ágætlega

bene esattamente piacevolmente

lepoprijazno

çok iyipek iyipekâla

合宜地恰好精细地

nicely

[ˈnaɪslɪ] ADV

1. (= well) → bien
nicely browned → bien dorado
she is coming along nicely at school → en el colegio le va bien
that will do nicely → así está perfecto or bien
your driver's licence will do nicely → su carnet de conducir sirve or vale
he's doing very nicely (for himself) → le van muy bien las cosas
to be nicely placed (to do sth) → estar en buena posición (para hacer algo)

2. (= attractively) [arranged, decorated, furnished] → bien, con gusto
she dresses nicely → viste con muy buen gusto

3. (= politely) [ask, say] → bien, con educación

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nicely

[ˈnaɪsli] adv

(= well) [work, run, manage] → bien
He thought he could manage quite nicely without them → Il pensait qu'il pouvait très bien s'en sortir sans eux.

[dress] → bien; [illustrate, arrange] → joliment
I think Beth dresses very nicely → Je trouve que Beth s'habille très bien.
The flowers were arranged nicely in simple glass vases → Les fleurs étaient joliment arrangées dans de simples vases en verre.

(= politely) [ask, behave] → gentiment
You can have a biscuit if you ask nicely → Tu peux avoir un biscuit si tu le demandes gentiment.

(= kindly) [treat, say] → gentiment

to do nicely [shopkeeper, business] → bien réussir
another hotel owner who is doing very nicely → un autre propriétaire d'hôtel qui réussit très bien

to do nicely (= get better) [patient] → bien se remettre
She's doing very nicely → Elle se remet très bien.

to do nicely (= be suitable, be fine)
That will do nicely → Cela fera l'affaire.
A shirt and ordinary pair of trousers will do nicely → Une chemise et un pantalon ordinaire feront l'affaire.
A quick nod of approval would have done nicely → Un bref signe d'approbation aurait fait l'affaire.

nicely

adv

(= pleasantly) → nett; (= well) go, speak, behave, placed → gut; to go nicely → wie geschmiert laufen (inf); to be coming along nicely → sich gut machen or entwickeln; she thanked me nicely → sie hat sich nett bei mir bedankt; to ask nicely → höflich fragen; eat up/say thank you nicely! → iss mal schön auf/sag mal schön danke!; that will do nicely → das reicht vollauf; how’s it going? — nicely, thank you → wie geht es so? — danke, ganz gut; he’s doing very nicely for himself → er ist sehr gut gestellt; (= making money) → er scheffelt Geld (inf); a nicely situated home → ein hübsch gelegenes Haus; to be nicely spoken → sich gepflegt ausdrücken; he’s such a nicely spoken young man → es ist eine Freude, diesem jungen Mann zuzuhören; nicely done → gut gemacht, prima (inf); when the engine’s nicely warmed up → wenn der Motor schön warm gelaufen ist

(= carefully) distinguish → genau, fein

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nicely

[ˈnaɪslɪ] adv → bene; (kindly) → gentilmente
that will do nicely → andrà benissimo
he's getting on nicely in his new job → se la cava bene nel nuovo lavoro

nice

(nais) adjective

1. pleasant; agreeable. nice weather; a nice person.

2. used jokingly. We're in a nice mess now.

3. exact; precise. a nice sense of timing.

ˈnicely adverb

nicety (ˈnaisəti) – plural ˈniceties – noun

a precise or delicate detail.

to a nicety

exactly. He judged the distance to a nicety.