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# nicely

adverb (nicely, more nicely)

«nicely» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a pleasant, kind or polite way: «ask nicely». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/#m1)
2. Well, in a good or satisfactory way: «the cake turned out nicely». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/#m2)

### In the lessons

In manners, parents and teachers say «ask nicely», meaning use «please» and a polite voice. In everyday life, «it's coming along nicely» means it is going well. Phrases: «ask nicely», «play nicely», «doing nicely».

### Examples

- If you ask nicely, you can have a biscuit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/#x1)
- The children played nicely together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/#x2)
- The plants are growing nicely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/#x3)
- She smiled nicely at the new girl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/#x4)
- My cut is healing nicely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/#x5)
- The room was nicely painted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/#x6)

### Note

Adverb of «nice». It describes how something is done. «Play nicely» means kindly and fairly, sharing and taking turns.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nicely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nicely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nicely.html) on Mova free.