nicely

Definition

Fastidiously; carefully.

Etymology

From Middle English nycely; equivalent to nice + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "He lookt askew with his mistrustfull eyes, / And nicely trode, as thornes lay in his way, / Or that the flore to shrinke he did auyse [...]."
• "All told, we had scarce two miles to run; but the navigation was delicate, the entrance to this northern anchorage was not only narrow and shoal, but lay east and west, so that the schooner must be nicely handled to be got in."
• "An army – especially in peace time – is a very complex and nicely adjusted affair […]."