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

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras