niceness

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Synonyms: snideness, sickness, richness, likeness, liveness, iciness, wiseness, direness, nighness, wideness, nicene

Antonyms: snideness, sickness, richness, likeness, liveness, iciness, wiseness, direness, nighness, wideness, nicene

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[silliness|Silliness]]; [[folly]]. {{defdate|16th c.}}
2. [[effeminacy|Effeminacy]]; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[shyness|Shyness]]; [[reserve]]. {{defdate|16th|19th c.}}
4. [[fastidiousness|Fastidiousness]]; fine [[sensitivity]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
5. [[pleasantness|Pleasantness]], especially of behaviour or personality; [[agreeableness]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|computing|Unix}} A [[value]] determining how much [[processor]] [[time]] to [[concede]] to a [[run]]ning [[process]]. (See also {{m|en|nice|pos=verb}}, {{m|en|renice}}.)

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