nice -
adj. 1 pleasant, agreeable, satisfactory.
2 (of a person)
kind, good-natured.
3 iron. bad or awkward (a
nice mess you've made).
4 a fine or subtle (a
nice distinction). b requiring careful thought or
attention (a
nice problem).
5 fastidious; delicately sensitive.
6 punctilious, scrupulous (were not too
nice about their methods).
7 (foll. by an adj., often with and) satisfactory or adequate in terms of the
quality described (a
nice long time;
nice and warm).
nice work a task well done.
nicely adv. niceness n. nicish adj. (also niceish). [ME, = stupid, wanton f. OF, = silly, simple f. L nescius ignorant (as nescience: see NESCIENT )]
