different between nicely vs cicely
nicely
English
Etymology
From nice +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n??sli/
Adverb
nicely (comparative nicelier or more nicely, superlative niceliest or most nicely)
- (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 [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:
- 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’.
- 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up—, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 580:
- Pleasantly; satisfactorily. [from 18th c.]
Translations
Anagrams
- lycine
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cicely
English
Alternative forms
- cecily (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin seselis, from Ancient Greek ??????? (séselis).
Noun
cicely (usually uncountable, plural cicelies)
- Myrrhis odorata, a plant in the genus Myrrhis, in the family Apiaceae.
- sweetroot, any of several plants in the genus Osmorhiza
Synonyms
- (Myrrhis odorata): sweet cicely, myrrh, garden myrrh, sweet chervil
Translations
References
- cicely on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Myrrhis odorata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Myrrhis odorata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cicely (Myrrhis odorata L. Scop.)
Anagrams
- Cecily
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