niceness

Plural: nicenesses

Noun

• The quality or state of being pleasant, kind, or agreeable.
• a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
• the quality of nice
• the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
• Silliness; folly.
• Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness.
• Shyness; reserve.
• Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity.
• Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness.
• A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)

Examples

• Despite the niceness of her opponent, she still aimed for a decisive Words With Friends victory.

Synonyms

politeness, subtlety

Antonyms

impoliteness, nastiness