adv
Meaning 1
Fastidiously; carefully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
nicely
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈnʌɪsli/
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CMU ARPABET: N AY1 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adv
Meaning 3
Pleasantly; satisfactorily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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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name
Meaning 4
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adverb
Meaning 5
in a nice way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a nicely painted house
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History
Etymology
From Middle English nycely; equivalent to nice + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: добре (dobre) — pleasantly
- Czech: pěkně — pleasantly
- Czech: hezky — pleasantly
- Esperanto: afable — pleasantly
- Finnish: ystävällisesti — pleasantly
- Finnish: kivasti — pleasantly
- French: agréablement — pleasantly
- German: gut — pleasantly
- Polish: miło — pleasantly
- Polish: ładnie — pleasantly
- Spanish: espléndidamente — pleasantly
- Spanish: bien — pleasantly
- Swedish: trevligt — pleasantly
- Turkish: güzelce — pleasantly
Real reading context