nice

adjective
/ˈnaɪ̯s/

Respectable; virtuous.

Example

“What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?”

Other meanings

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
“You weren’t nice to me this morning.”

Example sentences

“It's rare to meet nice people like you.”
Tatoeba · TRANG · CC0
“Why is she so nice to him?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“There was a nice day moon today.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "nescius" (ignorant, not knowing).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “nice” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.