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Nicest

Nice \Nice\ (n[imac]s), a. [Compar. Nicer (n[imac]"s[~e]r); superl. Nicest.] [OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know. Perhaps influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See No, and Science.]

  1. Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate. [Obs.]
    --Gower.

    But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.
    --Chaucer.

  2. Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial. [Obs.]

    The letter was not nice, but full of charge Of dear import.
    --Shak.

  3. Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.

    Curious not knowing, not exact but nice.
    --Pope.

    And to taste Think not I shall be nice.
    --Milton.

  4. Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

    Dear love, continue nice and chaste.
    --Donne.

    A nice and subtile happiness.
    --Milton.

  5. Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment. ``Our author happy in a judge so nice.''
    --Pope. ``Nice verbal criticism.''
    --Coleridge.

  6. Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

    The difference is too nice Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice.
    --Pope.

  7. Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc. [Loosely & Colloquially]

  8. Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.

  9. Hence: Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.

    He's making a list, checking it twice. Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town.
    --Song.

    To make nice of, to be scrupulous about. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

    Syn: Dainty; delicate; exquisite; fine; accurate; exact; correct; precise; particular; pleasant; kind; scrupulous; punctilious; fastidious; squeamish; finical; effeminate; silly; well-mannered; well-behaved.

Wiktionary
nicest

a. (en-superlative of: nice)

Usage examples of "nicest".

The one we entered was of beautiful masonry, vaulted with the nicest art, and seemed to communicate with the ruins although the outlet was in the open field, and some distance from the walls.

Of course I mean that in the nicest possible way, as Horace Guester would tell you.

She knows how to appropriately squelch her, in the nicest possible way too.

It had been a lovely day, the nicest she had spent in a long time, and free of tension, verbal fencing.

That morning she walked down the hall and into the auditorium beside one of the very nicest girls in Onabasha, and it was the fourth day.

Contract and set her up in the nicest apartment in the city if she wanted to.

He is armed with the affidavits from Shirley Donaldson, Ricky Sparrow, and the nicest lady on Cape Cod, Laurie Griffin.

I studied directness of expression by a frequent intercourse with men of business, and examined, with the nicest urgency, the particular characteristics of those of my own profession who were most remarkable for their plain, forcible speaking.

The matter was one of the nicest delicacy--not to be undertaken lightly--not to be urged incautiously.

Told you a bunch of wacky tales about his picturesque family down in the land of cotton, seemed like the nicest guy in the world.

When the meal was ready, I served it to the man in my nicest turtle shell.

Smoking was such a glamorous addiction, and you met the nicest people.

As for me, I remembered that little girls should be seen and not heard, so I said nothing, and ate the nicest cake for fear Mrs.