niceness

Etymology

From nice + -ness.

noun

  1. (obsolete) Silliness; folly.
  2. Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness.
  3. (obsolete) Shyness; reserve.
  4. Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity.
  5. Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness.
  6. (computing, Unix) A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)

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