NICENESS

subtlety, niceness

(noun) the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; “you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew”

niceness

(noun) the quality of nice

politeness, niceness

(noun) a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

niceness (countable and uncountable, plural nicenesses)

(obsolete) Silliness; folly. [16th c.]

Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness. [from 16th c.]

(obsolete) Shyness; reserve. [16th-19th c.]

Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity. [from 17th c.]

Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness. [from 19th c.]

(computing, Unix) A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice, renice.)

Anagrams

• incenses

Source: Wiktionary


Nice"ness, n.

Definition: Quality or state of being nice.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INCORPORATE

(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”


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