Associations to the word «Niceness»

Wiktionary

NICENESS, noun. (obsolete) Silliness; folly. [16th c.]
NICENESS, noun. Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness. [from 16th c.]
NICENESS, noun. (obsolete) Shyness; reserve. [16th-19th c.]
NICENESS, noun. Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity. [from 17th c.]
NICENESS, noun. Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness. [from 19th c.]
NICENESS, noun. (computing) (Unix) A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)

Dictionary definition

NICENESS, noun. A courteous manner that respects accepted social usage.
NICENESS, noun. The quality of nice.
NICENESS, noun. The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew".

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza