noun
Meaning 1
Silliness; folly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
niceness
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈnaɪsnɪs/
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noun
Meaning 2
Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Shyness; reserve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Unix, countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subtlety
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: difficulty, difficultness
noun
Meaning 8
the quality of nice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nastiness
Broader terms: pleasantness, sweetness
noun
Meaning 9
a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: politeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: courtesy, good manners
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English nice Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English niceness From nice + -ness.