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 →

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 →
• Good little dog--nice little doggie, then! (The Jungle Book) tree →
• "Here is a nice clover blossom." (Tanglewood Tales) tree →

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.
• Flattery about yourself is not true just because it is nice; you thank people and stay honest about your limits.
• It is not a nice story, but it is a true one, and it is better to know.
• Toad is rich, the Rat says, and it's one of the nicest houses around — though they never tell Toad that.
• And in my nice clean barge, too!»

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.