Definitions for nicely
nice·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nicelyadverb

   in a nice way

   "a nicely painted house"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nicelyadverb

   Fastidiously; carefully.

2. nicelyadverb

   Pleasantly; satisfactorily.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nicelyadverb

   Etymology: from nice.

   1. Accurately; minutely; scrupulously.

   These kind of knaves in this plainness
   Harbour more craft, and more corrupter ends,
   Than twenty silky ducking observants
   That stretch their duties nicely. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   What mean those ladies which, as tho’
   They were to take a clock to pieces, go
   So nicely about the bride? John Donne.

   He ought to study the grammar of his own tongue, that he may understand his own country-speech nicely, and speak it properly. John Locke.

   The next thing of which the doses ought to be nicely determined, are opiates. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

   At nicely carving shew thy wit;
   But ne’er presume to eat a bit. Jonathan Swift, Miscell.

   2. Delicately.

   The inconveniences attending the best of governments, we quickly feel, and are nicely sensible of the share that we bear in them. Francis Atterbury.

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1. Nicely

   Nicely is a surname.

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1. nicely

   Nicely is an adverb primarily used to describe something being done in a pleasant, enjoyable, or satisfactory fashion. It can also refer to doing something with precision or accuracy. It may also signify politeness, kindness or pleasing appearance. However, its interpretation can greatly depend on the context in which it is used.

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1. Nicelyadverb

   in a nice manner

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NICELY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nicely is ranked #6998 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Nicely surname appeared 4,789 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Nicely.
   
   88.4% or 4,236 total occurrences were White.
   6.4% or 311 total occurrences were Black.
   2.1% or 101 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.8% or 86 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 31 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 24 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nicely' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2809

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How to pronounce nicely?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say nicely in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nicely in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nicely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of nicely in a Sentence

1. Charles Krauthammer:

   He says he was treated not nicely by three Fox News anchors. It doesn’t quite fit.

2. Predrag Tesic:

   It started modestly at first, but day by day numbers have grown nicely.

3. Gareth Iwan Jones:

   There are certain elements of it that lend itself quite nicely to family time, there's definitely a lot of family bonding that goes on in caravans. Big family groups that go out together, two or three generations doing it at once.

4. Lindsay Wagner:

   It was very important to me, it was actually in my contract for me to have consulting rights…. And I had a wonderful team… They were very eager to create something new and unique. We worked together very nicely.

5. Jeff Sevigny:

   I'm very pleased with the result, the 6 mg/kg dose fit in quite nicely on one measure (plaque reduction), and on another measure it came within the ballpark.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nicely
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nicely
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=nicely
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicely
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nicely
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nicely