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Noun: niceness  nIs-nus
  1. The quality of being nice
    "Her niceness made her popular among her classmates"
     
  2. A courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
    "His niceness charmed everyone at the party";
    - politeness, politesse
     
  3. The quality of being difficult to detect or analyse
    "you had to admire the niceness of the distinctions he drew";
    - subtlety

See also: impolite, nice, polite

Type of: courtesy, difficultness, difficulty, good manners, pleasantness, pleasurableness, sweetness

Antonym: impoliteness, nastiness

Encyclopedia: Niceness