nice and

phrase

: very
—used to emphasize a good or enjoyable quality
The soup is nice and hot.
Make sure your room's nice and clean.
The library is always nice and quiet.

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The south-facing windows look out on the aforementioned garden, which helps keep things nice and quiet. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026 The goal is to get the inside of your microwave nice and steamy. — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 29 Aug. 2026 Wednesday will be another beautiful late August day in the Philadelphia with dew points in the mid-50s and low 60s, so humidity will be nice and low. — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 The keys aren’t as firm or satisfying as those on the keyboards in the MacBook lineup or in Framework’s Laptop 12 or Laptop 13, but the typing feel is decent, and the backlight is nice and even. — ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nice and

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“Nice and.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nice%20and. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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