different between nicely vs opportunely
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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opportunely
English
Etymology
opportune +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??p.?.tju?n.li/, /??p.?.t?u?n.li/, /??p.??tju?n.li/
- (US) IPA(key): /??.p??tun.li/, /??.p??tjun.li/
Adverb
opportunely (comparative more opportunely, superlative most opportunely)
- In a manner suitable for some particular purpose.
- In a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time.
Related terms
- opportune
Translations
opportunely From the web:
- what does opportunity mean
- what does opportunely
- opportune meaning
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