nice nelly
or nice Nelly
[ nel-ee ]
noun
a person who professes or exhibits excessive modesty, prudishness, or the like: too much of a nice nelly to have any fun.
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Other definitions for nice-nelly (2 of 2)
nice-nelly
or nice-Nel·ly
[ nahys-nel-ee ]
adjective
characterized by prudishness or excessive modesty: The entrance of his nice-nelly friend stopped the flow of risqué stories.
being a euphemism; euphemistic: nice-nelly expressions.
Origin of nice-nelly
2An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
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