nicely
/ˈnaɪs.li/
nicely adverb: fastidiously; carefully.
Adverb
nicely (comparative nicelier or more nicely, superlative niceliest or most nicely)
- 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 [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- 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.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- An army – especially in peace time – is a very complex and nicely adjusted affair […].1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 580
- Pleasantly; satisfactorily.
- He was a sweet boy, but became the kind of man I can do nicely without.1986-1987, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Proper noun capitalized: Nicely
Nicely (plural Nicelys)
- A surname.
nicely meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
nicely in Tamil
- அழகாக, நன்றாக, சிறப்பாக, நல்ல, சிறப்பான, இணக்கமான முறையில்
nicely in Marathi
- nicely, well
- छान chān
nicely in Urdu
- نفاست سے, عمدگی سے
nicely in Bengali
- সুন্দরভাবে, চমৎকারভাবে
More languagesFewer languages
- nicely in Malayalam
- ലളിതമായി, സൂക്ഷ്മമായി
- nicely in Kannada
- ಸಸಿನೆ, ಉರೆ, ಚನ್ನಾಗಿ, ಕೆಂಕನೆ
- nicely in Gujarati
- સરસ રીતે
Examples of nicely in a sentence
- After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
- The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them.
- Fortunately, the damage to the house was mostly cosmetic and a bit of paint covered it nicely.
Forms of nicely
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| comparative | nicelier |
| comparative | more nicely |
| superlative | niceliest |
| superlative | most nicely |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Nicelys |
Origin of nicely
From Middle English nycely; equivalent to nice + -ly.
Questions about nicely
- What does nicely mean?
- Nicely means fastidiously; carefully.
- What is nicely in Tamil?
- Nicely in Tamil is அழகாக, நன்றாக, சிறப்பாக. See Nicely meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nicely?
- Nicely can be an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce nicely?
- Nicely is pronounced /ˈnaɪs.li/.
Words near nicely in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nicely (page history and authors); Nicely (page history and authors); nicely (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); छान (Marathi) (page history and authors); nicely (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Nicely (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nicely (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nicely (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nicely (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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