nicest

adj.likable, agreeable
adj.precise, neat, refined

Antonyms for nicest

Word Origin & History

late 13c., "foolish, stupid, senseless," from Old French nice (12c.) "careless, clumsy; weak; poor, needy; simple, stupid, silly, foolish," from Latin nescius "ignorant, unaware," literally "not-knowing," from ne- "not" (see un-) + stem of scire "to know" (see science). "The sense development has been extraordinary, even for an adj." [Weekley] -- from "timid" (pre-1300); to "fussy, fastidious" (late 14c.); to "dainty, delicate" (c.1400); to "precise, careful" (1500s, preserved in such terms as a nice distinction and nice and early); to "agreeable, delightful" (1769); to "kind, thoughtful" (1830).

By 1926, it was pronounced "too great a favorite with the ladies, who have charmed out of it all its individuality and converted it into a mere diffuser of vague and mild agreeableness." [Fowler]

Example Sentences for nicest

Remove the fat and serve some of the nicest joints with the soup.

Linda, isn't our friendship the nicest thing that ever happened to us?

"I shan't either: you're the nicest aunty in the whole world," cried Raby.

The nicest inspection could not discover any difference in the signature or seal.

If one did not know them, one would think them the nicest men the earth could show.

He is full of sorrow for the death of his Son, the nicest lad I ever saw.

There I will treat you with the nicest apples and the richest cream.

I want you and Lester to get well acquainted; he is the nicest boy you ever saw!

Lizzie Ransom is the nicest, but I play better than she does.

"The nicest stable of horses in the whole country," echoed Frobisher.