Nice and Selective

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Nice adjective - Hard to please.

Usage example: she's far too nice about her clothes for me to even consider giving her clothing for her birthday

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Selective and nice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selective" instead an adjective "Nice".

Nearby Words: nicety, nicely

Selective adjective - Tending to select carefully.

Usage example: we were highly selective about the music we listened to while trying out loudspeakers

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Nice and selective are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nice" instead an adjective "Selective". archaic substitute

Played with in Desperate Housewives; Susan was a popular cheerleader in high school and though she claims she was perfectly nice she did 'accidently' steal another girl's boyfriend and lumber her with an unfortunate nickname (Mike calls her on seemingly selective memory).

Source: The Cheerleader
Selective Obliviousness: While Adam is in no way unintelligent, and can sometimes be very perceptive, he does often think how nice it would be for Julian to find a wife, even as Julian dies in the arms of his male lover, who refuses to leave Julian's side, even thought it means his own death.

Source: Literature / Julian Comstock
The main lead of Angel Densetsu has his moments (it's more a combination of Nice Guy, The Klutz and Selective Obliviousness actually), but then we have the most fearsome and brutal of the Shadowy seven: Hishida Haruka!

Source: The Ditz

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