Dictionary
nice
Pronunciation: (nīs), [key]—
adj., nic•er, nic•est.
1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful:
a nice visit.
2. amiably pleasant; kind:
They are always nice to strangers.
3. characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy:
nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis.
4. showing or indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments:
a job that requires nice measurements.
5. minute, fine, or subtle:
a nice distinction.
6. having or showing delicate, accurate perception:
a nice sense of color.
7. refined in manners, language, etc.:
Nice people wouldn't do such things.
8. virtuous; respectable; decorous:
a nice girl.
9. suitable or proper:
That was not a nice remark.
10. carefully neat in dress, habits, etc.
11. (esp. of food) dainty or delicate.
12. having fastidious, finicky, or fussy tastes:
They're much too nice in their dining habits to enjoy an outdoor barbecue.
13. Obs.coy, shy, or reluctant.
14. Obs.unimportant; trivial.
15. Obs.wanton.
16. nice and, sufficiently:
It's nice and warm in here. Nice
Pronunciation: (nēs), [key]—
n.
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort. 346,620.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
