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# nice

«nice» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **precise, fussy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

precise, fussy

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Exact, fine, or careful; sometimes showing fussiness or foolishness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nice/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today it means pleasant or good; the old sense (precise, fussy) is no longer used, and the sentences use the modern sense.

### examples

- "'You er nice feller, you is! (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nice/#x1)
- Good little dog--nice little doggie, then! (The Jungle Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nice/#x2)
- "Here is a nice clover blossom." (Tanglewood Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nice/#x3)

### primary record

nice

### tests

manual 10.3; corpora 278 (Torah 0, tales 278, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 77; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [Kind stories spread too, and they are the nicest sort of gossip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/22/)
- [Flattery about yourself is not true just because it is nice; you thank people and stay honest about your limits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/14/)
- [It is not a nice story, but it is a true one, and it is better to know.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/2/)
- [Toad is rich, the Rat says, and it's one of the nicest houses around — though they never tell Toad that.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/9/)
- [And in my nice clean barge, too!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.