different between beautifully vs nicely

beautifully

English

Etymology

beautiful +? -ly, circa 17th century

Pronunciation

  • enPR: byo?o?t?f(?)l?, IPA(key): /?bju?t?f(?)li/
  • Hyphenation: beau?ti?ful?ly

Adverb

beautifully (comparative more beautifully, superlative most beautifully)

  1. In a beautiful manner.
    • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
      Tom Cleverley had one of his better games, the highlight being a beautifully weighted pass to send Walcott away for his goal, and Rooney probably did as well as might have been anticipated given this was his first start in a competitive match since April.

Translations

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nicely

English

Etymology

From nice +? -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?n??sli/

Adverb

nicely (comparative nicelier or more nicely, superlative niceliest or most nicely)

  1. (obsolete) Fastidiously; carefully. [16th-18th c.]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:
      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 [...].
  2. Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement. [from 17th c.]
    • 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up—, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 580:
      An army – especially in peace time – is a very complex and nicely adjusted affair […].
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 59:
      Henry's carefully calibrated public appearances would present him as the wellspring of honour, justice and power, the unknowable, all-seeing sovereign who, as the Milanese ambassador Soncino nicely observed, appeared in public ‘like one at the top of a tower looking on at what is passing in the plain’.
  3. Pleasantly; satisfactorily. [from 18th c.]

Translations

Anagrams

  • lycine

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  • nicely done meaning
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  • nicely what part of speech
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  • what goes nicely with salmon
  • what goes nicely with steak
  • what pairs nicely with scallops
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