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Example sentences for "nicely"

Lexicographically close words:
nibs; nibus; nica; nice; nicee; niceness; nicer; nicest; niceties; nicety
  1. You must remember she treated me very nicely while we were at the seminary, especially after Dora and Nellie left.

  2. But it seems this young millionaire has been calling on his sister at Hope, and he's been taking his sister and Grace out in his automobile and acting very nicely about it.

  3. The servants were a little discouraged, but soon they brought in a great tray containing two dozen nicely roasted quail on toast.

  4. I wonder if they would treat me nicely if I went there again.

  5. No Pins are used in the construction of this machine, as we prefer the durability of nicely fitted screws and bolts in securing each part.

  6. The gun is nicely finished in all parts and is painted a bright red that will not fade, which makes it very handsome.

  7. And we go across, and you've got to be careful and show how nicely you can go.

  8. But mother always spoke so nicely of her .

  9. And, then, who knows whether Fani has really talent enough; it needs much more than merely to be able to copy nicely at school, you know.

  10. I am sure papa and mamma would be glad, for we cannot do our lessons nicely here, at all.

  11. How nicely you make the branches and all the dear little twigs!

  12. It was a small, nicely painted landscape, in fresh bright colors.

  13. Undiscriminating in his own revenge, he does not look for nicely measured retribution on the part of his enemy.

  14. It is not nicely worded," the squire said gravely; "but it was an unpleasant story to have to tell.

  15. I knew I was doomed unless I could use some stratagem to clear myself from the scrape in which I was so nicely caught.

  16. I have seen them, with a big fish below, and four or five smaller ones above him, swimming along together as nicely as though they had been strung on an invisible string, and drawn along quietly through the water.

  17. He bought him a nice house and lot in the city of Ypsilanti, is nicely situated there and has given his children a liberal education.

  18. They patted it with care, smoothed it over nicely and baked it before the fire.

  19. Just as it got nicely light, in the morning, we arrived at Albany.

  20. Then he would roll the log into the fireplace, and very carefully so as not to break or crack the clay hearth, for mother had all the care of that, and wished it kept as nicely as possible.

  21. Her hair was arranged very nicely and she was very graceful.

  22. We had just got nicely installed and father gone to make preparations for our embarkation on the "Michigan," when the lady of the house came by mother and, as if to move it a little, lifted her basket.

  23. Knebel wants the Elegies to be divided into three contributions; I, too, think this the right proportion, and we should thus have the first three numbers of next year's Horen nicely adorned.

  24. Dane-Latimore opened the envelope and drew out a large white card with gilt edges and nicely rounded corners.

  25. But Gorman fully expected a good luncheon, nicely served in one of the five rooms set apart for Sir Bartholomew's use in the hotel.

  26. The train will do nicely without you for as far as I'm going to take her.

  27. After looking about for a good, grassy spot, and one that was nicely sheltered from the dew of the night he said, "This is a good place; let us pray.

  28. The terrible punishment inflicted upon the one who nicely wrapped his one talent in the napkin and laid it away, ought to alarm any who may be tempted to do likewise.

  29. She then placed him on her lap, took a clothes brush and nicely brushed his clothes.

  30. I wonder if all Mexicans ride as nicely as he does.

  31. He was nicely abstemious at his club and he had never entered a saloon in his life.

  32. More than that, the cloth was spotless, the dishes clean and white and the table was altogether so nicely arranged, and looked so inviting, that Julian grew hungry the moment his eyes rested upon it.

  33. It was nicely furnished, carpeted, provided with a comfortable bed, and there were ornaments on the mantel over the fire-place, and pictures hanging upon the walls.

  34. He might not, in an emergency, be nicely scrupulous as to means, but he never wavered in respect to objects.

  35. He was not quite an orator, but was coming along nicely under the tuition of an old actor who had failed on the stage and now called himself a professor of elocution.

  36. A client took a house, and Sam would suggest with a nicely casual air that the windows needed cleaning.

  37. It was nearly a year since Jack had crossed a horse, and it seemed very pleasant to be trotting along over the prairie, the bunch going nicely ahead of him.

  38. The renowned Terrill, striving to draw Clint out from his guard, suddenly found himself nicely fooled, and Clint, swinging through inside, smeared the play well behind the Claflin line.

  39. But Holt was there and got it nicely and again lobbed.

  40. While thus entertaining the lady of his choice, the suitor must discern nicely between paying her special honour and taking it for granted that she already belongs to him.

  41. All wedding presents should be nicely and daintily packed up.

  42. By this it is not meant that a mistress should be afraid of being civil and even friendly with her maids; but she must discern nicely between that which breeds contempt and that which adds affection to respect.

  43. There are now about a hundred and forty pupils, so our guide said, and the new seminary, which drew students from all the west of Ireland, and which was just getting nicely started, was certain to increase this number greatly.

  44. All right," I agreed finally; and I am bound to admit that he never showed any malice, but treated us as nicely as possible during all our stay in Sligo.

  45. Besides, he is getting on nicely with Bob McLennan's girl, and that would be a capital match even for us.

  46. Yes, this wing will do very nicely for us," Lyddy said, thinking aloud.


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nicely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.