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nice-nelly

nice-nelly is the alternative form of nice-Nelly.

Adjective capitalized: nice-Nelly

nice-Nelly (comparative more nice-Nelly, superlative most nice-Nelly)

  1. Prudish or excessively modest.
  2. Characterized by euphemism; euphemistic.

Forms of nice-nelly

comparativemore nice-nelly
superlativemost nice-nelly
comparativemore nice-Nelly
superlativemost nice-Nelly
alternative formnice-nelly

Questions about nice-nelly

What does nice-nelly mean?
Nice-nelly means prudish or excessively modest.
What is nice-nelly the alternative form of?
Nice-nelly is the alternative form of nice-Nelly.
What part of speech is nice-nelly?
Nice-nelly is an adjective.

Words near nice-nelly in the dictionary

  1. nice work if you can get it
  2. nice-but-dim
  3. nice-like
  4. nice-looking
  5. nice-Nelliness
  6. nice-nelly
  7. nice-nellyism
  8. nice-nellyisms
  9. nice-nice
  10. nice-to-have
  11. nice-to-haves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nice-nelly (page history and authors); nice-Nelly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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