Definition of nice

"nice" in the noun sense

1. Nice

a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean the leading resort on the French Riviera

"nice" in the adjective sense

1. nice

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

"what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith

"nice manners"

"a nice dress"

"a nice face"

"a nice day"

"had a nice time at the party"

"the corn and tomatoes are nice today"

2. decent, nice

socially or conventionally correct refined or virtuous

"from a decent family"

"a nice girl"

3. nice, skillful

done with delicacy and skill

"a nice bit of craft"

"a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"

"a nice shot"

4. dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

"too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"

"so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"

5. courteous, gracious, nice

exhibiting courtesy and politeness

"a nice gesture"

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Quotations for nice

His nice fence and his active practice. [ William Shakespeare ]

Nice eaters seldom meet with a good dinner. [ Proverb ]

Luxury is a nice master, hard to be pleased. [ Sir G. Mackenzie ]

It is always nice to be expected and not to arrive. [ Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband ]

Woman's honor, as nice as ermine, will not bear a soil. [ Dryden ]

As nice as we are in love, we forgive more faults in that than in friendship. [ Henry Home ]

In such a time as this it is not meet that every nice offence should bear its comment. [ William Shakespeare ]

Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it. [ Douglas Jerrold ]

Stupid people and uneducated people do not care for nice discriminations. They always have decided opinions. [ William Black ]

Earthly greatness is a nice thing, and requires so much chariness in the managing, as the contentment of it cannot requite. [ Hall ]

Friendship's said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibers, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading. [ Vanbrugh ]

The little and short sayings of nice and excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamonds. [ Tillotson ]

Glory darts her soul-pervading ray on thrones and cottages, regardless still of all the artificial nice distinctions vain human customs make. [ Hannah More ]

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of the bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. [ Pope ]

As for the ass's behavior in such nice circumstances, whether he would starve sooner than violate his neutrality to the two bundles of hay, I shall not presume to determine. [ Addison ]

It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work. [ Theodore Parker ]

This is he that kiss'd away his hand in courtesy; This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice. That when he plays at tables, chides the dice in honorable terms; nay, he can sing a mean most meanly; and in ushering, mend him who can; the ladies call him sweet; The stairs, as he treads on them, kiss his feet. [ William Shakespeare ]

nice in Scrabble®

The word nice is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters nice:

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nice in Words With Friends™

The word nice is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters nice:

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Words containing the sequence nice

Words that start with nice (7 words)

Words that end with nice (3 words)

Word Growth involving nice

Shorter words in nice

ice

Longer words containing nice

cornice cornicen

cornice cornices

janiceps

nicely overnicely

niceness overniceness

nicer

nicest

niceties overniceties

nicety overnicety

overnice overnicely

overnice overniceness

overnice overniceties

overnice overnicety

unicellular