1.Pleasing,agreeable, deligtful
2.Amiably pleasent, kind
3.Characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, or delicacy.
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The word nice is worn out today because of overuse and laziness when choosing appropriate words. It has become hard for us to interpret and understand what is intended, its meaning has been lost through the ages. In modern day people see the nice as dull but its history is far from it. Unknown to many it is full of fascinating facts, spread the word it’s not as boring as you think.
Jane Austen,Northanger Abbey
The word nice is worn out today because of overuse and laziness when choosing appropriate words. It is one of the most used words in the English language.
The
word nice is hard to interpret as everyone has different understandings
of it. Since the 13th century the word nice has had 17 recorded
meaning.
Modern day translation - Romeo spoke nicely to him and asked him to consider how silly the quarrel was. When Shakespeare used the word nice hemeant silly, from the 15th century this shows how much the meaning has changed.
Charles Dickens,Northanger Abbey
In
this quote from 1483 Dickins has to confirm the sense in which he is
using the word nice. This is because the word has had 17 recorded
definitions. In all of Dickens novels he used the word nice 231 times!
