Usually means: Polite to the point of excessiveness.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. nice-nelly, nice nelly: Merriam-Webster
  2. nice-nelly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. nice-nelly, nice Nelly, nice-Nelly: Wiktionary
  4. nice nelly: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. nice-nelly, nice nelly: Dictionary.com
  6. nice-nelly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nice nelly, nice nelly: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See nice-nelly as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nice Nelly)

▸ noun:  A prudish or excessively modest person.

Similar:
negative Nelly, wet Nelly, priss, bluenose, neddy, nelly, ninny, pearl-clutcher, neek, namby, more...

Opposite:
meanie, bully, jerk, unpleasant person

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Similar:
negative Nelly, wet Nelly, priss, bluenose, neddy, nelly, ninny, pearl-clutcher, neek, namby, more...

Opposite:
meanie, bully, jerk, unpleasant person



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