nicely

«nicely» in Mova's school dictionary: In a pleasant, kind or polite way: «ask nicely» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (nicely, more nicely)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a pleasant, kind or polite way: «ask nicely». tree →

2) Well, in a good or satisfactory way: «the cake turned out nicely». tree →

sense in the lessons

In manners, parents and teachers say «ask nicely», meaning use «please» and a polite voice. In everyday life, «it's coming along nicely» means it is going well. Phrases: «ask nicely», «play nicely», «doing nicely».

examples

• If you ask nicely, you can have a biscuit. tree →
• The children played nicely together. tree →
• The plants are growing nicely. tree →
• She smiled nicely at the new girl. tree →
• My cut is healing nicely. tree →
• The room was nicely painted. tree →

note

Adverb of «nice». It describes how something is done. «Play nicely» means kindly and fairly, sharing and taking turns.

In the corpora

• Strict parents often find a middle way if you ask nicely.
• Strict parents often find a middle way if you ask nicely, like going to a party but coming home early.

Trees and pragmatics

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