Nice | Mean of nice in English Dictionary

/ˈnaɪs/

• giving pleasure or joy
1. I hope you all had a nice time.
2. What a nice [=pleasant] surprise!
3. It's so nice to see you again.
4. It's nice to be back home.
5. It's nice to know that you're all right.
6. It would be nice to try something different.
7. We had a very nice dinner.
8. It's supposed to be a nice day tomorrow. = The weather should be nice tomorrow.
9. (US) Thank you. Have a nice day! [=goodbye]
10. “Hello, my name is Sara.” “It's nice to meet you, Sara.”
11. It's nice to see you, Luis. How have you been?
12. a nice clear sky [=a sky that is nice because it is clear]
13. nice green grass
14. The hotel has nice big rooms.
15. a nice fresh salad
16. some nice hot soup
17. The soup is nice and hot.
18. Make sure your room's nice and clean.
19. The library is always nice and quiet.
• attractive or of good quality
1. nice restaurants
2. a nice car/house
3. She wears the nicest clothes.
4. She looks nice. [=she is attractive]
5. He looks nice in his new suit.
6. It's a nice idea [=the idea is a good one], but I don't think it'll work.
• kind, polite, and friendly
1. She is a really nice person.
2. He's such a nice young man.
3. He said some very nice things about you.
4. It's nice of you to call.
5. Try to be nice to each other, okay?
6. That wasn't a very nice thing to do.
7. How nice of you to remember my birthday!
8. As they say, “Nice guys finish last.” [=you must act in a selfish way if you want to win a competition]

• acting in a way that is correct according to social or moral rules
1. What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
2. They have such nice children.
• done very well
1. That was a nice [=great, outstanding] shot!
2. Nice work!
3. They've done a nice job fixing up the house.
4. What a nice mess we've made of things!
5. Nice try, but you're not going to trick me this time.
6. You crashed her car? Oh, nice going. [=that was a stupid thing to do]
• involving a small difference
1. There is a nice distinction between those two words.
• to behave in a polite or friendly way toward other people even though you do not have kind or polite feelings toward them
1. It's time to forget about the past and make nice.
• in a way that is slow, careful, gentle, or easy
1. The pilot brought the plane down nice and easy.
2. She hit the ball nice and easy. [=without a lot of force]
3. They broke him in nice and easy. [=gently]