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14.3 nice...
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nice adj. 1 pleasant, agreeable, amiable, amicable, friendly,
cordial, warm, gracious, warm-hearted, kind, kindly, outgoing,
charming, genial, delightful, courteous, polite, refined,
gentlemanly, ladylike, winsome, likeable, attractive: They are
one of the nicest couples I have ever met. 2 good,
satisfactory, commendable, worthy, worthwhile: The manager said
that I had done a nice job in preparing the specifications. 3
good, fine, superb, superior, attentive, sharp, acute, keen,
careful, exact, exacting, rigorous; precise, accurate, unerring,
scrupulous, meticulous, punctilious, discriminating,
discriminative, perceptive, delicate, fastidious, flawless,
faultless, subtle, strict, close, small, slight, minute,
complex, complicated, intricate: A diamond cutter must have a
nice eye for detail. It is difficult to maintain nice
distinctions of meaning among certain words, given that people
are so careless with their speech these days. 4 delicate,
subtle, sensitive, exquisite, hair-splitting, over-nice, fine,
critical, ticklish, dangerous, precarious, perilous, Colloq
hairy: The matter of Hong Kong requires some nice political
negotiations. 5 trim, well turned out, tidy, neat, fine: Don't
you want to look nice for your birthday party? 6 nice and -
pleasantly, delightfully, pleasingly, agreeably, enjoyably,
gratifyingly, satisfyingly, comfortably: It's nice and warm by
the fire.
niche n. 1 recess, hollow, alcove, nook: A small statue of Buddha
stood in a niche in the wall. 2 place, position, Colloq slot,
pigeon-hole: Humphrey has finally found a niche for himself
working as a tax inspector.
nick n. 1 cut, notch, chip, gouge, gash, scratch, dent, indentation,
flaw, mark, blemish, defect: Be careful of that nick in the rim
of the glass. 2 jail or Brit also gaol; police station: The
police took him to the nick to help them with their inquiries.
--v. 3 steal, purloin, take, appropriate, make off with, Colloq
pinch: Who nicked my biro? 4 arrest, nab, take in, Colloq
collar: Alan was nicked for possession of marijuana. 5 nick