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be nice
verb as in behave
Strongest match
Weak matches
- act correctly
- act one's age
- act with decorum
- be civil
- be good
- be on best behavior
- be orderly
- comport oneself
- conduct oneself properly
- demean oneself
- deport oneself
- discipline oneself
- keep one's nose clean
- keep the peace
- live up to
- manage oneself
- mind one's manners
- mind one's p's and q's
- observe golden rule
- observe the law
- play fair
- shape up
- toe the mark
- watch one's step
Example Sentences
"I thought it would be nice to dress up Mbuya in high fashion and then take photographs of her in her natural habitat," Ms Kaumba tells the BBC.
It would be nice to know what that was like.
If they want visitors to see Celtic Park as anything other than a bucket list venue - it would be nice if a global superstar said, just once, that he hated the place on the back of a chastening experience.
“I didn’t start drinking, but I was scared and completely taken aback by people’s reactions. I was dismayed by the fact that for as long as I resemble whoever, whatever I resemble, people are gonna look at me like I’m a zoo animal. And lots of people are going to be nice to me, even if they’re not nice people, and I will never know. And that hits you hard, especially if you’re really young and still searching for what is normal.”
It would be nice if both men and women understood the serious economic threat of another Trump presidency, but a confusing media environment has obscured that.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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