nice
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5.6
- adjective
- /naɪs/
- After hours of practice, she finally produced a nice, even finish on her pottery.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then you just do a real nice watch, work really hard on blending that out.
- And then you just do a real nice watch, work really hard on blending that out.
Examples
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That was a nice throw.
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Do you see the nice way to write that answer?
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That is, he did a nice job and it fit well.
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Oh, then I guess you fixed them, so nice job!
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"Think I done a nice job there," the doctor said with professional pride.
Academic text (2007) -
It's a nice example of a legal system set up to respond to the will of its citizens.
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And I'm going to make sure it's nice and smooth.
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All right, let's mix this up until it's nice and light and fluffy.
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I'd say Miss Bedford has a nice touch when it comes to dramatic scenes.
Fiction book (1995) -
And the numbers from MIT and NREL are in nice agreement with each other.
Synonyms
218
7.0
Very good and impressive
197
5.3
Very small, exact, and delicate in a way that is hard to notice
55
8.6
Being very careful about small details
30
2.8
Good at doing something because of practice and careful control
21
6.1
Being very careful and using a lot of effort
13
4.6
Slow and careful in movement or speech
1
5.4
Showing careful skill and good quality like work made by a skilled person who makes things by hand
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A complaint that people keep ruining good things by being careless
Said when someone ruins something nice by being careless
Compounds
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Etymology
Nice can mean 'done with care' because it once carried the idea of being 'careful' and exact; think of a nice touch or a nicety as a small, skillful detail, so a nice action is precise and skillful.