outnice

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ nice.

Verb

outnice (third-person singular simple present outnices, present participle outnicing, simple past and past participle outniced)

  1. (transitive, rare) To surpass in apparently nice behaviour; to make oneself seem nicer than.
    • 2008 February 1, Jeff Zeleny, “One on One in Debate, Democrats Set Aim at G.O.P.”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Still, it was almost as if the battle was to see which of them could outnice the other.

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