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
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.)
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Source: Wiktionary
Nice"ness, n.
Definition: Quality or state of being nice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
