nicely in English: In a good, kind, or pleasing way. (adverb)

Translation

In a good, kind, or pleasing way.

Word origin

From nice plus the ending -ly; nice comes from Latin nescius, meaning not knowing, and its meaning slowly changed over centuries.

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"Ask nicely" means ask in a polite, kind way.

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Here it means done in a pleasing, careful way.

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"Coming along nicely" means growing or going well.

nice

Good, kind, or pleasing.

well

In a good way, or to a good standard.

good

Of a high quality, nice, or the way you want it to be.

kind

A kind is a group of things that are the same in some way; a type or sort.

friendly

Kind and nice to others; behaving like a friend.

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