nicely

Etymology

From nice + -ly.

adv

  1. (obsolete) Fastidiously; carefully.
  2. Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement.
    An army – especially in peace time – is a very complex and nicely adjusted affair […]. 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 580
    Henry's carefully calibrated public appearances would present him as the wellspring of honour, justice and power, the unknowable, all-seeing sovereign who, as the Milanese ambassador Soncino nicely observed, appeared in public ‘like one at the top of a tower looking on at what is passing in the plain’. 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 59
  3. Pleasantly; satisfactorily.

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