nicely — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

adjusted, complex, done, fixed, framed, printed, true

VERB + NICELY

blazing, coming, didn't, drawn, dressed, dyes, eyes, going

NICELY + NOUN

affair, trode

PREP.

along, up, with

ADV.

clearly

Definitions

adv

1

Fastidiously; carefully.

He lookt askew with his mistrustfull eyes, / And nicely trode, as thornes lay in his way, / Or that the flore to shrinke he did auyse [...].

2

Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement.

All told, we had scarce two miles to run; but the navigation was delicate, the entrance to this northern anchorage was not only narrow and shoal, but lay east and west, so that the schooner must be nicely handled to be got in.

An army – especially in peace time – is a very complex and nicely adjusted affair […].

3

Pleasantly; satisfactorily.

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.

name

1

A surname.

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Example Bank

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01

He lookt askew with his mistrustfull eyes, / And nicely trode, as thornes lay in his way, / Or that the flore to shrinke he did auyse [...].

Wiktionary

02

All told, we had scarce two miles to run; but the navigation was delicate, the entrance to this northern anchorage was not only narrow and shoal, but lay east and west, so that the schooner must be ni

Wiktionary

03

An army – especially in peace time – is a very complex and nicely adjusted affair […].

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04

The translation was nicely true to the original.

Tatoeba · #43844

05

This hat suits me nicely.

Tatoeba · #57122

06

This skirt hangs nicely.

Tatoeba · #60977

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, nicely is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.