niceness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
  2. noun the quality of nice
  3. noun the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze

Etymology

From nice + -ness.

In classic literature

Synonyms

politeness

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