Meaning

3 senses
  1. Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement.

  2. Pleasantly; satisfactorily.

    1986-1987, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He was a sweet boy, but became the kind of man I can do nicely without.

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  3. (obsolete)Fastidiously; carefully.

More definitions
  • in a nice way

Examples

94 sentences
  1. Tom is dressed very nicely.

    Том дуже добре одягнений. — deniko

    ruТом одет очень красиво. — Balamax

  2. Tom doesn't treat Mary very nicely.

  3. Tom didn't treat Mary very nicely.

    deTom hat Mary nicht sonderlich nett behandelt. — Naina

  4. I thought that it worked nicely.

  5. I'd help Tom if he asked nicely.

    ruЯ бы помог Тому, если бы он вежливо попросил. — marafon

    deIch hülfe Tom, wenn er freundlich bäte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pleasantly:

Origin

From Middle English nycely; equivalent to nice + -ly.

From Middle English nycely; equivalent to nice + -ly.

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Forms

nicelier/more nicely, niceliest/most nicely
Comparativenicelier / more nicely Lesson
Superlativeniceliest / most nicely

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Word family

1 related words
Relatednice

See also

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