nice‧ly S3 / naɪsli / 副词

1 well in a satisfactory, pleasant, or attractive way :

He was handsome and nicely dressed.

The table fits in nicely with the rest of the furniture.

The wound healed up nicely.

The garden’s coming along very nicely now (= it is growing well ) .

2 in a pleasant/friendly way in a pleasant, polite, or friendly way :

I’m sure he’ll help if you ask him nicely.

3 be doing nicely British English to be successful and be earning a lot of money :

The business is doing quite nicely.

Ed’s doing very nicely for himself out in Japan.

4 that will do nicely British English spoken used when saying that something is very suitable and is just what you want :

‘Will cheese sandwiches be okay?’ ‘Yes, that’ll do nicely.’

5 exactly formal exactly or carefully :

a nicely calculated distance