nice-nellyism
尼尔利主义
Definitions
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- : excessive modesty; prudishness.
- : a euphemism: an evasive style of writing, full of circumlocutions and nice-nellyisms.
Examples
From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
Another beautiful Eminor number, with a nice shift up to the major for the chorus.
Champagne, which is also acidic, offers a nice complement to anything from tuna tartare to beef bourguignon.
And there are a few nice things buried beneath the rubble that I could use in my apartment.
It was also nice to have a place where my family and friends could see what was going on in my life.
There is more of artfulness in the flatteries which appear to involve a calculating intention to say the nice agreeable thing.
I don't care, it ain't nice, and I wonder aunt brought us to such a place.
And right after that, some nice sour milk would come splashing down into the trough of the pen.
The boy backed away from him, and stood a little distance off, holding out a nice, juicy potato this time.
"I don't think that is a very nice taste," said Davy, beginning to feel very uneasy.