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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera;


ADJECTIVE (5)

1. pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;
- Example: "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith
- Example: "nice manners"
- Example: "a nice dress"
- Example: "a nice face"
- Example: "a nice day"
- Example: "had a nice time at the party"
- Example: "the corn and tomatoes are nice today"

2. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
- Example: "from a decent family"
- Example: "a nice girl"
[syn: decent, nice]

3. done with delicacy and skill;
- Example: "a nice bit of craft"
- Example: "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"
- Example: "a nice shot"
[syn: nice, skillful]

4. excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;
- Example: "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"
- Example: "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
[syn: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish]

5. exhibiting courtesy and politeness;
- Example: "a nice gesture"
[syn: courteous, gracious, nice]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nice \Nice\ (n[imac]s), a. [Compar. Nicer (n[imac]"s[~e]r); superl. Nicest.] [OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know. Perhaps influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See No, and Science.] 1. Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster] But say that we ben wise and nothing nice. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The letter was not nice, but full of charge Of dear import. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters. [1913 Webster] Curious not knowing, not exact but nice. --Pope. [1913 Webster] And to taste Think not I shall be nice. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. Delicate; refined; dainty; pure. [1913 Webster] Dear love, continue nice and chaste. --Donne. [1913 Webster] A nice and subtile happiness. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment. "Our author happy in a judge so nice." --Pope. "Nice verbal criticism." --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 6. Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy. [1913 Webster] The difference is too nice Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 7. Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc. [Loosely & Colloquially] [1913 Webster] 8. Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person. [PJC] 9. Hence: Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children. [PJC] He's making a list, checking it twice. Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town. --Song. To make nice of, to be scrupulous about. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Dainty; delicate; exquisite; fine; accurate; exact; correct; precise; particular; pleasant; kind; scrupulous; punctilious; fastidious; squeamish; finical; effeminate; silly; well-mannered; well-behaved. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nice adj 1: pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today" [ant: awful, nasty] 2: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl" [syn: decent, nice] 3: done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot" [syn: nice, skillful] 4: 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" [syn: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish] 5: exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture" [syn: courteous, gracious, nice] n 1: a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
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