adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
ask
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All they had to do was ask nicely .
balance
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His walk was nicely balanced , arms swinging loosely.
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This delicious braised duck dish is nicely balanced by the slight sweetness and tartness of the fruit.
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In general terms, it was nicely balanced .
brown
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Turn and continue cooking until nicely browned , 2 to 3 minutes.
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Place quail on rack in roasting pan and roast until nicely browned , about 9 to 10 minutes.
fit
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The log transformation was found to fit nicely at the zero position on the ladder of powers.
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I bought a cloche, which is a domed clay oven that fits nicely into any regular oven.
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Even these should fit nicely if you did your planning carefully.
illustrate
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Helen, neutrally listening, anaesthetised by her state of uplift, thought that they nicely illustrated the condition of the place.
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The point is nicely illustrated by an important case arising out of the miners' strike of 1984-85.
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Some of those differences are nicely illustrated .
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The problems of criterion validity nicely illustrate the difficulty of finding any solid foundation on which to construct a psychometric measure.
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Jane Smith's murine cries were nicely illustrated by way of their electronic imitation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ann dresses her children nicely .
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Each new water molecule fits nicely into a space on the ice surface.
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His arm is healing nicely .
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If you ask Daddy nicely , I'm sure he'll give you some.
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Turn the fillets and cook until nicely browned, 2 to 3 minutes longer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even these should fit nicely if you did your planning carefully.
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His assistants were keeping up with it nicely .
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The airy, delicate fronds contrast nicely with the rough, heavy rocks.
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The apartment was big, spacious, and nicely furnished.
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The cover shot nicely evokes the bewilderment felt when climbing in Ordesa.
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The government says farmers are doing nicely , thank you, and that savings in agricultural cooperatives are rising.
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The importance of the calls was demonstrated nicely by Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth.