niceness n 1: a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage [syn: {politeness}, {niceness}] [ant: {impoliteness}] 2: the quality of nice [ant: {nastiness}] 3: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew" [syn: {subtlety}, {niceness}]
Niceness \Nice"ness\, n. Quality or state of being nice. [1913 Webster]