"Nice and" expression question.

[kempermentor]

> Catlady:
> I think everyone in this discussion agrees what 'nice and' means:
> satifactorialy (per Readers' Digest), 'just right', agreeably ... but
> no one offered the word 'correctly' yet. This wand is correctly
> supple. This sweater is correctly warm. Turn the control correctly
> gently."  I guess in English it would sound slightly less unnatural to
> say This wand is the correct amount of supple, this sweater is the
> correct amount of warm, turn the control the correct amount of gently.

Kemper now:
A correctly supple wand sounds objective when the matter of suppleness
seems a subjective preference.  

A sweater might be nice and warm for my sister but too hot for my
brother (given that they are the same size).

A correctly adjusted temperature control is more objective.  The
thermostat is nice and set at 68*.

Kemper