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

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
Voltaire